Sar language
Central Sudanic language spoken in Chad
Sar or Sara, also known as Madjingay and Sara Madjingay, is a Bongo-Bagirmi language of southern Chad, and the lingua franca of regional capital of Sarh.
01Phonology
The consonants are as follows.
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Postalveolar /Palatal |
Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
tenuis | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ||
| prenasalized | m͡b | n͡d | n͡dʒ | ŋ͡ɡ | ||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||
| Fricative | s | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Liquid | oral | l | ɽ | |||
| nasalized | ɽ̃ | |||||
| Semi-vowel | oral | j | w | |||
| nasalized | j̃ | |||||
Vowels and nasal vowels are as follows:
/o, e/ can also be heard as [ə].
There are three tones.
| Tone | Example | Gloss |
|---|---|---|
| high | ɡáŋɡá | drum |
| mid | māl | scavenger |
| low | jàbə̀ | hippopotamus |
| nasal | tã | sauce |
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