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References

Abdoullaye, D., and J. Kelly. 1985. On the "compound" tone in Migaama. In: Didier L. Goyvaerts (ed.), ''African Linguistics: Essays in Memory of M. W. K. Semikenke'', 1–7. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Boyeldieu, Pascal. 1977. Notes linguistiques. In: Jean-Pierre Caprile (ed.), ''Études phonologiques tchadiennes'', 233–237. Paris: SELAF. Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, and Wendy Ross. 1996. The structure of the Migaama verbal stem. In: by Petr Zemánek (ed.), ''Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. Memorial Volume of Karel Petrácek'', 211–221. Prague: Academic of Sciences of the Czech Republic Oriental Institute. Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 1975. Der Imperfektivstamm im Migama ('Djonkor von Abu Telfan', Republik Tschad). Folia Orientalia 16:85–100. Jungraithmayr, Herrmann, and Abakar Adams. 1992. Lexique migama: Migama-français et françaismigama (Guéra, Tchad), avec une introduction grammaticale. Sprache und Oralität in Afrika. Frankfurter Studien zur Afrikanistik. Vol. 7. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag. Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 2003. Pi' 'el/parras/fa' 'al in Chadic? In: M. Lionel Bender, Gábor Takács and David L. Appleyard (eds.), ''Selected Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistic Studies: In Memory of Igor M. Diakonoff'', 317–323. Munich: LINCOM Europa. Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 2005a. Le paradigme verbal en -U dans les langues chamito-sémitiques. In: Antoine Lonnet and Amina Mettouchi (eds.), ''Les langues chamito-sémitiques (afro-asiatiques)'', vol. 1, 65–80. Paris: Ophrys. Wolff, H. Ekkehard. 1977. Verb bases and stems in Migama. Afrika und Übersee 60:163–177.

External links

ELAR archive of A basic documentation of Migaama
East Chadic languages Languages of Chad {{Chad-stub