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Hdi

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: xed

Population	25,000 in Cameroon (2001 SIL). Population total all countries: 29,000.
Region	Far North Province, Mayo-Tsanaga Division, Mokolo Subdivision, Nigeria border northwest of Mokolo. 15 villages. Also in Nigeria.
Language map	Northern Cameroon, reference number 16
Alternate names	Hedi, Hide, Turu-Hide, Xadi, Xedi
Dialects	Tur (Turu, Tourou, Ftour). 51% intelligibility with Vemgo-Mabas [vem], 48% with Lamang [hia], 35% with Gvoko [ngs]. Lexical similarity: 78% with Vemgo-Mabas, 64% with Lamang, 56% with Gvoko.
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.4, Lamang
Language development	700 adult students each year in literacy program. Grammar. Bible portions: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.

Also spoken in:

Nigeria

Language name	Hide
Population	4,000 in Nigeria (2001 SIL).
Region	Borno state, Gwoza LGA; Adamawa state, Michika LGA; along Cameroon border, across from Tourou. 1 village area.
Language map	Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 235
Alternate names	Ftour, Hdi, Hedi, Tourou, Tur, Turu, Turu-Hide, Xedi
Comments	In Nigeria ‘Hide’ is preferred, in Cameroon ‘Hdi’. Little education. 1 primary school. Agriculturalists: guinea corn, beans, millet. Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRAMLETT, Lee, author. 1996. Preliminary investigation into the function of tone in Hedi.  

BRAMLETT, Lee, editor. 1996. Lexique Hǝdi-Français-Anglais.  

GATHMAN, Elizabeth, author. 1994. Some notes on tone in the Xədi language.  

GATHMAN, Elizabeth, compiler. 1994. A collection of interlinear texts in the Xədi language.  

GATHMAN, Elizabeth; LANGERMANN, Cindy, authors. 1991. Preliminary local level background questionnaire.  

LANGERMANN, Cindy, author. 1991. A preliminary comparison between Hide and Lamang phonology.  

LANGERMANN, Cindy, author. 1994. A phonological description of Hedi.  

Vernacular Publications

1 Ɗelewera mbɗa mbsak nda gwaɗa Hdi. 2002.

Ɗelewera kataŋtá muniter ma tva dzaŋa ŋa mnduha ga Hdi ŋa dzaŋa nda vindi nda gwaɗa Hdi. 2003.

Ɗelewera kataŋtá muniter ma tva dzaŋa ŋa mnduha ga Hdi ŋa dzaŋa nda vindi nda gwaɗa Hdi. 2003.

Lima ta kla makwa 2. 2000.

Mbizim. 1994.

Nzakwa hdi. 2003.

Nzakwa i Marigha nda markwa taŋ Dalika. 1998.

Nzakwa i Marigha nda markwa taŋ Dalika. 2002.

Prukutunzuma hdi. 2005.

Skwi ta maguta nda Kande: ká mnduha mutsaftá hanata ghəŋa taŋ ma gruŋta taŋ ta SIDA: Ɗelewera mnda taghay ŋa mndu. 2009.

Skwi ta maguta nda Kande: ká mnduha mutsaftá hanata ghəŋa taŋ ma gruŋta taŋ ta SIDA: Ɗelewera mndu ta taghay. 2009.

Slǝna miʼaha. 1994.

Zwana ma his 3. 2002.