Trichome October 14, 2016 thcscience_admin Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Chad MesméZimeNative toChadNative speakers(20,000 cited 1993 census)[1]Language familyAfro-Asiatic ChadicMasaSouthMesméDialects Bero Zamre Writing systemLatinLanguage codesISO 639-3zimGlottologmesm1239 Mesmé is an Afro-Asiatic language of Chad. Zime (Djime) is a generic name. References[edit] ^ Mesmé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Afroasiatic languagesReconstructed Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Berber Proto-Semitic Berber Eastern Northern Atlas Zenati East Zenati Mzab–Wargla Tuareg Western Chadic Biu–Mandara East West Angas Bade Bole–Tangale Hausa–Gwandara North Bauchi Ron South Bauchi MasaNorth Marba Massa Musey Zumaya (possibly independent) South Mesme Ngeté-Herdé Peve Cushitic Agaw Dullay Highland East Lowland East Omo–Tana Macro-Somali Rendille–Boni Somali languages Western Oromoid Saho–Afar South Omotic Aroid Dizoid Mao North Gonga Ometo Semitic East West Central Northwest South Others Egyptian Coptic Ongota? (unclassified; possibly Nilo-Saharan, transitional or a language isolate) Italics indicate extinct languages