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<tr><td><b>Description:</b>

Tera is a Chadic language spoken in north-eastern Nigeria in the north and eastern parts of Gombe State and Borno State.
Vowel length contrasts are neutralized in monosyllabic words with no coda consonants.
All vowels but /a/ and /aː/ are more open in closed syllables such as in [ɮɛp] ('to plait') and [xʊ́r] ('to cook soup'). /a/ and /aː/ are more open when following palatalized consonants.
Diphthongs, which have the same length as long vowels, consist of a non-high vowel and a high vowel:
Tera is a tonal language, distinguishing high, mid and low tone. Tone is not indicated orthographically since no minimal trios exist; minimal pairs can be distinguished by context.
The first publication in Tera was Labar Mbarkandu nu Yohanna Bula Ki, a translation of the Gospel of John, which established an orthographic system. In 2004, this orthographic system was revised.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=5756836 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Tera Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2>
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<tr><td>Phonology:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_ttr_phon-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_ttr_phon-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Vernacular Text:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_ttr_vertxt-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_ttr_vertxt-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/nigeria Nigeria]</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Spoken In: </b></td><td>

<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>ttr</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Afro-Asiatic Group]]

    [[Chadic Group]]

      [[Biu-Mandara Group]]

        [[A Biu-Mandara Group]]

          [[Chadic Biu-Mandara A A.1 A Group]]

            [[Western A1 Group]]

              <b>[[Tera Language]]</b>

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