Ngiemboon language
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Ngiemboon | |
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Ngyɛmbɔɔŋ | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Province de l'Ouest, Bamboutos |
Native speakers | 250,000 BOCOWI (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nnh |
Glottolog | ngie1241 |
The Ngiemboon (N'Jhamboon) language, Ngyɛmbɔɔŋ, is one of a dozen Bamileke languages spoken in Cameroon. Its speakers are located primarily within the department of Bamboutos in the West Region of Cameroon.
Dialects are Batcham (Basham), Balatchi (Balaki) and Bamoungong (Bamongoun).
Alphabet
Uppercase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A | B | C | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ŋ | O | Ɔ | P | R | Pf | S | Sh | T | Ts | U | Ʉ | V | W | Ẅ | Y | Ÿ | Z | ʼ | ||||||||||
Lowercase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
a | b | c | d | e | ɛ | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | pf | s | sh | t | ts | u | ʉ | v | w | ẅ | y | ÿ | z | ʼ |
Phonology
The consonants are:
Labial | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ||
Affricate | pf | ts | |||
Fricative | f v | s z | |||
Approximant | w | j | ɰ | ||
Labial Approximant | ɥ |
The vowels are /a/, /ɔ/, /ε/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/.
Ngiemboon is a tonal language, and uses the high tone /˦/, the low tone /˨/, the falling tone /˥˩/, and the rising tone /˩˥/.[3]
References
- ^ Ngiemboon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Anderson 2007
- ^ "PHOIBLE Online -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
External links
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