Masa languages

Masa languages
Masa
Geographic
distribution:
Chad, Cameroon
Linguistic classification: Afro-Asiatic
Subdivisions:

The Masa languages are a group of a dozen closely related Chadic languages of West Africa. They are,

The exonym Zime is used for the Herdé, Ngeté, Pévé, and Mesmé.

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