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Preferred term

Tedaga  

Definition

  • Tedaqa (also known as Teda) belongs to the Saharan primary branch of the disputed Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken by the Teda, a northern subgroup of the Toubou people, in Libya, Chad and eastern Niger. Within the Saharan branch – which also includes the Kanuri, Kanembu, and Tebu languages – Tedaqa is classified as part of the Western Saharan subgroup. The constituent families of the putative Nilo-Saharan family are quite diverse, but one characteristic feature is a tripartite singulative-collective-plurative number system.

Entry terms

  • Teda

Identifier

  • TUQ

Notation

  • tuq

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TUQ

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