Teda language

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.^[1]

Teda
Tedaga
Native to	Chad, Libya, Niger[1]
Region	BET, Kanem, Tibesti, Murzuq, Agadez
Ethnicity	Teda
Native speakers	130,000 (2020–2024)[1]
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

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^[2]

		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^[2]

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