Kwang language

Chadic language spoken in Chad
Kwang
Buso
Native toChad
Native speakers
(17,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
kvi – Kwang
bso – Buso
Glottologkwan1285
ELPBuso

Kwang (also known as Kwong) is an East Chadic language of Chad.[2]

Documentation

Surveys and other documentation work have been done by Nodjibogoto et al.[3][4] A description of Kwang was published by Jungraithmayr & Peust in 2023.[5]

Dialects

Dialects are Mobu, Ngam, and Cagin.[5]

References

  1. ^ Kwang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Buso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. ^ Nodjibogoto, Abel Nessiel; Mark Vanderkooi & Stephen Wagner. 2001. Enquete linguistique: kwang. 28pp.
  4. ^ Nodjibogoto, A. Nessiel; Mark Vanderkooi & S. Wagner. 1990. Étude Linguistique - Kwang. Draft manuscript. 28pp.
  5. ^ a b Jungraithmayr, Herrmann; Peust, Carsten (2023). La langue kwang et ses dialectes (République du Tchad) (in French). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-12141-5.
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East Chadic languages
East Chadic (A)
Sibine (A.1.1)
  • Mire
  • Ndam
  • Somrai
  • Tumak
    • Mawer
    • Motun
Miltu (A.1.2)
Nancere (A.2.1)
Gabri (A.2.2)
Kwang (A.3)
East Chadic (B)
Dangla (B.1.1)
Mubi (B.1.2)
Sokoro (B.3)
Barain (B.4)
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages


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