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Kwʼadza (Qwadza), or Ngomvia, is an extinct Afroasiatic language formerly spoken in Tanzania in the Mbulu District. The last speaker died sometime between 1976 and 1999.[1]

Kwʼadza
Ngomvia
Native to	Tanzania
Region	Mbulu District
Extinct	late 20th century
Language family	Afro-Asiatic? Cushitic? Rift? East Rift Kwʼadza
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wka
Glottolog	kwad1248
ELP	Kw'adza

Classification

Kwʼadza is poorly attested, and apart from perhaps being close to Aasax, its classification is not certain. Although it has a large number of identifiably Cushitic roots, the non-Cushitic numerals itame 'one' and beʼa ~ mbɛa 'two' suggest a connection with Hadza, while haka 'four' suggests a connection with Sandawe. It is possible that Kwʼadza borrowed e.g. 'four' from Sandawe, but also that it was a non-Cushitic language whose speakers were undergoing language shift to Cushitic when it was recorded.^{[citation needed]}

Phonology

The phonology is not certain, but the following has been suggested (Ehret 1980):

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
							plain	labial
Nasal		m	n			ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t				k	kʷ	ʔ
	voiced	b	d				ɡ	ɡʷ
Affricate			dz
Ejective			tsʼ	tɬʼ	tʃʼ		kʼ	kʼʷ
Fricative		f	s	ɬ			x	xʷ	h
Approximant		β̞		l		j

/ɡ/ and /l/ have the allophones [dʒ] and [ɽ] before front vowels. /tʃʼ/ is 'mildly' ejective. Ehret reports that /kʼ/ and /kʼʷ/ are voiced [ɡ, ɡʷ] if a preceding consonant is voiced.

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Open	a

Notes

References

• Christopher Ehret, 1980. "Kwʼadza vocabulary". ms.

На других языках

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[de] Kw'adza

Kw'adza (auch bekannt als Qwadza, Ng’omvia und Ngomvya) war eine Südkuschitische Sprache und ist heute ausgestorben.[1] Der letzte Sprecher starb wahrscheinlich in den 1980er Jahren.[1]

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- [en] Kwʼadza language

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