Teda language

Teda
Tedaga
Native to	Chad, Libya, Niger
Region	BET, Kanem, Tibesti, Murzuq, Agadez
Ethnicity	Teda
Native speakers	130,000 (2020–2024)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Saharan Western Tebu Teda
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tuq
Glottolog	teda1241
ELP	Tedaga
Linguasphere	02-BAA-aa

The Teda language, also known as Tedaga, Todaga, Todga, or Tudaga is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Teda, a northern subgroup of the Toubou people who inhabit southern Libya, northern Chad and eastern Niger. A small number also inhabit northeastern Nigeria.

Along with the more populous southern dialect of Daza, the northern Teda dialect constitutes one of the two varieties of Tebu. However, Teda is also sometimes used for Tebu in general.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ		k
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ		g
Nasal		m	n		ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ	ç		h
	voiced	v	z			ɣ
Approximant			l		j	w

Vowels

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ʉ	u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

Alphabet

The Teda (Tedaga) Latin alphabet

Teda alphabet

A a

à ã

B b

Č č

D d

E e

Ê ê

G g

H h

I i

Î î

Ĩ ĩ

K k

L l

M m

N n

Ñ ñ

NJ nj

Ŋ ŋ

O o

Ô ô

P p

R r

S s

Š š

T t

U u

Û û

Ũ ũ

W w

Y y

Z z

Y y

Z z

References

• Barth, Heinrich (1854). "Schreiben an Prof. Lepsius über die Beziehung der Kanori- und Teda-Sprachen". Zeitschrift für Erdkunde. 2: 372–374, 384–387.
• Chonai, Hassan (1998). Gruppa teda-kanuri (centraľnosaxarskaja sem'ja jazykov) i ee genetičeskie vzaimootnošenija (ėtimologičeskij i fonologičeskij aspekt) (PhD thesis). Moskva: Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universitet.
• Haggar, Inouss; Walters, K. (2005). Lexique tubu (dazaga)-français et glossaire français-tubu. Niamey: SIL Niger.
• Jourdan, P. (1935). Notes grammaticales et vocabulaire de la langue Daza. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Trubner.
• Le Cœur, C. (1950). Dictionnaire ethnographique téda, précédé d'un lexique français-téda. Dakar: IFAN.
• Le Cœur, C.; Le Cœur, M. (1956). "Grammaire et textes teda-daza". Mémoires de l'IFAN. 46. Dakar: Institut Français d’Afrique Noire.
• Lukas, Johannes (1951–1952). "Umrisse einer ostsaharanischen Sprachgruppe". Afrika und Übersee. 36: 3–7.
• Lukas, Johannes (1953). Die Sprache der Tubu in der zentralen Sahara. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
• "Audio records of Daza-Teda languages". 1946.