Ngiemboon language

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.

Ngiemboon
Ngyɛmbɔɔŋ
Native toCameroon
RegionProvince de l'Ouest, Bamboutos
Native speakers
250,000 BOCOWI (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nnh
Glottologngie1241

Dialects are Batcham (Basham), Balatchi (Balaki) and Bamoungong (Bamongoun).

Alphabet

Alphabet based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages[2]
Uppercase
ABCDE ƐFGHI JKLMN ŊOƆPR PfSShTTs UɄVW YŸZʼ
Lowercase
abcde ɛfghi jklmn ŋoɔpr pfsshtts uʉvw yÿzʼ

Phonology

The consonants are:

Labial Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
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

  1. Ngiemboon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Anderson 2007
  3. "PHOIBLE Online -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2019-02-15.


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