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(Redirected from Kwang language (Chad)) Chadic language spoken in Chad Not to be confused with Kwang language (Nigeria).
Kwang
Buso
Native toChad
Native speakers(17,000 cited 1993 census)
Language familyAfro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
kvi – Kwang
bso – Buso
Glottologkwan1285
ELPBuso

Kwang (also known as Kwong) is an East Chadic language of Chad.

Documentation

Surveys and other documentation work have been done by Nodjibogoto et al. A description of Kwang was published by Jungraithmayr & Peust in 2023.

Dialects

Dialects are Mobu, Ngam, and Cagin.

References

  1. Kwang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Buso at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. Nodjibogoto, Abel Nessiel; Mark Vanderkooi & Stephen Wagner. 2001. Enquete linguistique: kwang. 28pp.
  4. Nodjibogoto, A. Nessiel; Mark Vanderkooi & S. Wagner. 1990. Étude Linguistique - Kwang. Draft manuscript. 28pp.
  5. ^ Jungraithmayr, Herrmann; Peust, Carsten (2023). La langue kwang et ses dialectes (République du Tchad) (in French). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-12141-5.
East Chadic languages
East Chadic (A)
Sibine (A.1.1)
Miltu (A.1.2)
Nancere (A.2.1)
Gabri (A.2.2)
Kwang (A.3)
East Chadic (B)
Dangla (B.1.1)
Mubi (B.1.2)
Sokoro (B.3)
Barain (B.4)
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages


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