Mawa | Ethnologue

A language of Chad

ISO 639: mcw
Alternate Names: Mahoua, Mahwa
Autonym: Maaw
Population: 6,560 (2000).
Location:: Guéra region: Guéra department, Bitkine subprefecture, Mahoua village area.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.1, 1
Dialects: Gura (Gurara), Reupan (Roffono). Gura (village of Gurara) and Reupan (village of Roffono) have been called dialects but their speech is very similar to that of Mahoua. Lexical similarity: 8% with Ubi [ubi].
Typology: SVO; noun head initial; gender.
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Some also use Kenga [kyq].
Language Development: Adult literacy ongoing in a few villages.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mawa
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Muslim.

Location: Guéra region: Guéra department, Bitkine subprefecture, Mahoua village area.