Glottolog 5.1 - Ngambay

Spoken L1 Language: Ngambay

Classification

▼Central Sudanic (63)

Comments on subclassification

Djarangar, Djita Issa 2000

Endangerment

AES status:: not endangered
Source:: David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:: Ngambay (sba-sba) = 3 (Wider communication). Spoken widely in Chad and some in Cameroon. In the 17th century used as slave trade language and in agriculture.

Glottocode: ngam1268
ISO 639-3: sba

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Alternative names

lexvo:: Ngambay [en]; Ngambay language [en]
moseley & asher (1994):: Gambai
multitree:: Gamb-Lai; Gamba; Gambai; Gambaye; Gamblai; Ngambai; Ngambay; Sara; Sara Ngambai
ruhlen (1987):: Ngambay
wals:: Ngambay
wals other:: Gambai; Sara-Ngambay

Countries

References ⇫

Showing 1 to 37 of 37 entries

Name	Title	Year	Pages	Doctype	Provider

Thayer, Linda Jean and Thayer, James Edward 1971	50 lessons in Sara-Ngambay	1971	506	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Ndjerassem, Ngabot G. 1982	Phonologie, morphologie et categories grammaticales du Ngambay de benoye (tchad méridional)	1982	304	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, mpieva, weball
Thayer, James Edward 1978	The deep structure of the sentence in Sara-Ngambay dialogues: including a description of phrase, clause, and paragraph	1978	234	grammar	cldf, eballiso2009, hh, langsci, ldh, mpieva, sil16
Vandame, Charles 1963	Le ngambay-moundou: phonologie, grammaire et textes	1963	223	grammar	cldf, eballiso2009, guldemann, hh, langsci, weball
Vandame, Charles 1961	Manuel d'initiation au ngambay	1961	111	grammar	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Boukar-Selim, Laumagi ga B. 199x	Linguistique contrastive et didactique des langues: étude de grammaire contrastive de l'anglais, du français, et du ngambay (Tchad)			grammar	eballiso2009
Thayer, James Edward 1973	The deep structure of the sentence in Sara-Ngambay dialogues, including a description of phrase, clause and paragragh	1973		grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Veary, Victor 1960	Ngambai structure and grammar	1960		grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Duperray, Bernard 1953	Grammaire ngambay elementaire	1953		grammar	eballiso2009, weball
Boukar-Selim, Laúmài gá Bernard 1984	Linguistique contrastive et didactique des langues: étude de grammaire contrastive de l'anglais, du français, et du ngambay (Tchad)	1984	877	socling, grammar_sketch	hh
Mekoulnodji Ndjerareou and Christy Melick and Sarah Moeller 2010	A Brief Grammatical Sketch of Ngambay	2010	39	grammar_sketch	cldf, hh
Nderkanzoukou, Michel 1996	Esquisse syntaxique du ngambay de Moundou (Tchad)	1996		grammar_sketch	hh
Nangone Jacob Chata and Simeon Mbayrem Djimadoum and John M. Keegan 2015	Petit Dictionnaire de la Langue Ngambaye	2015	158	dictionary	cldf, hh
le Djemadjioudjiel, Noël Mbaïndo and Fédry, Jacques 1979	Lexique ngàmbáy-français, français-ngàmbáy	1979	130	dictionary	eballiso2009, hh, weball
Palayer, Pierre 1978	Lexique de poissons en sar et en ngambay	1978		dictionary	eballiso2009, weball
Veary, Victor 1972	Ngambai dictionary	1972		dictionary	eballiso2009, weball
Veary, Victor 1960	Dictionnaire ethnographique français-ngambay	1960		dictionary	eballiso2009, weball
Joan Bybee and Revere Perkins and William Pagliuca 1994	The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World	1994	420	specific_feature	cldf, eballiso2009, gj, glossa, guldemann, hh, langsci, seifart
Ndjérassem, Mbai-Yelmia Ngabo 2000	Phonologie du Ngambai, parler de Benoye (Tchad)	2000	74	phonology	eballiso2009, hh, mpieva, weball
Begoto Nadjirom 2005	Description phonologique et lexicale du Ngambay parlé dans la rue	2005		phonology	hh
Thayer, Linda Jean and James Edward Thayer 1972	The Sara-Ngambay vowel system	1972		phonology	eballiso2009, weball
Maikoubou, Dingamtoudji 2010	Su et Njaamgodo: Contes ngambayes du Tchad	2010	86	text	hh
Petermann, A. 1851	Progress of the African Mission, Consisting of Messrs.~Richardson, Barth, and Overweg, to Central Africa	1851	92	wordlist	eballiso2009, hh
Benton, Philip A. 1912	Notes on some Languages of the Western Sudan	1912	312	overview, wordlist	hh
Vine, Brent 1978	Nasalization in the Sara languages	1978	17	minimal, comparative	hh, zurich
Boyeldieu, Pascal 1989	Comparative tonal systems: Yulu/Kara vs Sara group (Kenga/Ngambay/Mbay)	1989	22	comparative	eballiso2009, weball
Djarangar, Djita Issa 1998	Les langues sara: intercompréhension dialectale et choix des langues d'alphabétisation	1998	23	overview	hh
Boukar-Selim, Laumagi ga B. 1986	'To be or not to be', 'to have or not to have' and their expressions in English, French and Ngambay	1986	19		eballiso2009, weball
Wiesemann, Ursula and Djemadjioudjiel, Noël 1981	Prominence in Ngambay	1981	2		cldf, eballiso2009, sil16, zurich
Maikoubou, Dingamtoudji 2005	Proverbes et dictons ngambayes, Tchad	2005			eballiso2009
na 2000	The Analysis of Central Vowels in Gor (Central Sudanic)	2000			cldf
Laoumaye, Mianmardé and Fournier, Maurice 1996	Sou, l'abeille et la biche-cochon - Su to tenji to dul to	1996			eballiso2009
[CERDOTOLA] 1984	Lexiques thematiques de l'Afrique centrale (LETAC): Tchad, Sara-ngambay	1984			eballiso2009
Hilamdanan, Edouard Ndoyom 1979	Les proverbes, expression de la sagesse ngambay	1979			eballiso2009
Dingamoudouel, Reoumian Albert and Djemadjioudjiel, Noël le Mbaïndo 1978	Proverbes ngambay	1978			eballiso2009
Fortier, Joseph and Villéon, Yves de la 1977	Proverbes mbay (Moïssala)	1977			eballiso2009
Fortier, Joseph 1972	Contes ngambaye	1972			eballiso2009

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