An Outline of Gadang, a Chadic Minority Language in Central Chad article Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Carsten Peust Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Volume 172 (2022), Issue 1, Page 5 - 26 Summary: Based on original field work, this paper provides a preliminary outline of Gadang, a little-known Chadic language spoken in the Republic of Chad. It covers the grammar of the major word classes of the language and includes a basic vocabulary. Special attention is given to the verbal ablaut system, a feature that was inherited from Afro-Asiatic and has been fairly well preserved in this language.
A Sketch of Sarwa, a Chadic Minority Language in Central Chad research-article Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Carsten Peust Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Volume 171 (2021), Issue 1, Page 9 - 37 Based on original field work, this paper provides a preliminary characterization of Sarwa, a little-known Chadic language spoken in the Republic of Chad. Following a brief overview of the phonology, this paper covers the grammar of the major word classes of the language and also includes a basic vocabulary. Special attention is given to the verbal ablaut system, a feature inherited from Afro-Asiatic which has been fairly well preserved in this language.