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Voices of the archive

Recordings of named native speakers. Two voices are online: the word “water” in Chadian Arabic and Ngambay. Empty slots remain collection gaps: no generated file is presented as a Chadian voice.

Rule

One voice does not speak for a whole people. The speaker is named, the language and place are given. Consent is either collected on Contribute, or expressed by the speaker through a free licence on Wikimedia Commons. We do not use speech synthesis in place of a native speaker.

Published

  • Published recording

    المي (almi) — water

    Speaker : Ahmat Mahamat Tahir · Chadian Arabic · N’Djamena · 2021

    Published by the speaker on Wikimedia Commons (Lingua Libre). This is not a deposit sent to Tchad Ma Culture.

    Wiki Kouman workshop in Chad, 3 June 2021. File ISO code: shu. The written guide on Languages gives almé; Wiktionary transcribes almi.

    Transcription (Lingua Libre)
    المي
    Pronunciation guide (written sources)
    Romanisation given by English Wiktionary: almi (ref. SIL Chadian Arabic dictionary). The word comes from Arabic mā’ “water” with the frozen article al-. The Languages guide writes almé.
    Contributor
    Matarimi1 (Ahmat Mahamat Tahir) · recorded on
    Consent
    voluntarily published by the speaker himself on Lingua Libre under a free licence; no other personal data is reused here.

    Pronunciation and transcription have not yet been checked by a native speaker on the team. Do you speak Chadian Arabic? Help us check it

    License : CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source : Wikimedia Commons (almi) · Download the recording · Wiktionary

  • Published recording

    màn — water

    Speaker : Abderamane Abakar Brahim · Ngambay · N’Djamena · 2021

    Published by the speaker on Wikimedia Commons (Lingua Libre). This is not a deposit sent to Tchad Ma Culture.

    3 July 2021. File ISO code: sba. The speaker is secretary-general of Wikimedians of Tchad. Gloss source: Boyeldieu, Nougayrol and Palayer, Lexique comparatif historique des langues Sara-Bongo-Baguirmiennes, CNRS-LLACAN, 2006.

    Transcription (Lingua Libre)
    màn ̄
    Pronunciation guide (written sources)
    Spelling from the Sara-Bongo-Baguirmi comparative lexicon (CNRS-LLACAN, 2006), used by French Wiktionary: màn ̄, with tone marks. Exact tone reading: to be verified with a Ngambay speaker.
    Contributor
    Abakar B (Abderamane Abakar Brahim) · recorded on
    Consent
    voluntarily published by the speaker himself on Lingua Libre under a free licence; no other personal data is reused here.

    Pronunciation and transcription have not yet been checked by a native speaker on the team. Do you speak Ngambay? Help us check it

    License : CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source : Wikimedia Commons (màn) · Download the recording · Wiktionary

Open slots

  • Recording to come — native speaker, with consent.

    Greetings in Chadian Arabic

    Still missing: Lalekou, Kef ça va, Shoukrane… said by a native speaker, with permission to publish.

  • Recording to come — native speaker, with consent.

    Counting from 1 to 10

    The transcriptions Wahit, Tinene, Talata… are on the Languages page. The spoken recording has not been collected yet.

  • Recording to come — native speaker, with consent.

    Song or proverb

    A song, proverb or courtesy formula, attributed, with the speaker’s consent and, where relevant, that of people named. No file is online yet.

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