Masa languages

The Masa languages are a group of closely related Chadic languages of southwestern Chad and northern Cameroon.

The Masa languages listed in Blench (2006) are:

The exonym Zime is used for the Herdé, Ngeté, Pévé, and Mesmé. Similarly, Kaɗo is a generic name for the Peve–Kaɗo languages, a couple of which are called Lamé as well.

Shryock (1997: 32) subgroups the Masa languages as:

• Zumaya
• North: Masa; Musey; Marba, Monogoy
• South: Zime; Peve; Heɗe-Ngiɗe

Comparison of numerals in individual languages:

• List of Proto-Masa reconstructions (Wiktionary)

• Masa Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org