Maɗa is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. It has 17,000 speakers.
The Maɗa (17,000 speakers) inhabit the Maɗa massif, on the eastern edge of the Mandara Mountains, between the Wuzlam massif to the north and the Zélgwa massif to the south. They live in the canton of Madakalkoss, arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Mayo-Sava, Far North Region.
Vowels Maɗa has seven vowels.
Front Middle Back High i u Middle e ø ə o Low a
Consonants Maɗa has 25 consonants in total, including implosives, lateral fricatives, and prenasalized stops.
Labial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Velar Glottal Rounded Glottal Stop Tenuis p t k kʷ Voiced b d g ɡʷ Implosive ɓ ɗ Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg Nasal m n ŋ Fricative Tenuis f s h hʷ Voiced v z Lateral fricative Tenuis ɬ Voiced ɮ Affricate Tenuis ts Voiced dz Prenasalized ⁿdz Rhotic r Approximate w j Lateral approximate l
Notes
References Daniel Barreteau & André Brunet. 2000. Dictionnaire mada. Berlin: Reimer. http://pbase.phon.chass.ncsu.edu/language/322