Ngeté-Herdé language

Ngeté-Herdé
Lame
Zime
Native toChad
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1991–1999)
Afro-Asiatic
Dialects
  • Dzəpaw
  • Ngeté
  • He’dé
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
nnn  Ngete
hed  Herdé
Glottolognget1241  Ngete
herd1236  Herde

Ngeté-Herdé, also known as Lamé, is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster of Chad. Varieties are:

  • Dzəpaw, or Lamé
  • Ngeté (Nguetté), or Sorga-Ngeté
  • Herdé (He’dé), or Heɗe-Rong

Zime is a generic name.