| Sar | |
| Nativename: | Madjingay |
| States: | Chad |
| Date: | 1993 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Fam2: | Central Sudanic |
| Fam3: | Bongo–Bagirmi |
| Fam4: | Sara languages |
| Fam5: | East |
| Dia1: | Sar |
| Dia2: | Nar |
| Iso3: | mwm |
| Glotto: | sarr1246 |
| Glottorefname: | Sar |
Sar or Sara, also known as Madjingay and Sara Madjingay is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of southern Chad, and the lingua franca of regional capital of Sarh.
The consonants are as follows.[1]
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Postalveolar /Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | tenuis | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| prenasalized | pronounced as /m͡b/ | pronounced as /n͡d/ | pronounced as /n͡dʒ/ | pronounced as /ŋ͡ɡ/ | ||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Liquid | oral | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| nasalized | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Semi-vowel | oral | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| nasalized | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Vowels and nasal vowels are as follows:
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
| pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
| Tone | Example | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | pronounced as /link/ | drum | |
| mid | pronounced as /link/ | scavenger | |
| low | pronounced as /link/ | hippopotamus | |
| nasal | tã | sauce |