Njebi language
Njebi (or Nzebi, Njabi, Ndzabi, Yinjebi, etc.) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
Njebi | |
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Yinjebi | |
Native to | Gabon, Republic of Congo |
Ethnicity | Banjabi, Bongo |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2000–2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nzb |
Glottolog | njeb1242 |
B.52 [2] |
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Map of Gabon, with Njebi language area in gray
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
Affricate | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | |
voiced | β | z | (ʒ) | ||
prenasal | ᶬv | ⁿz | ⁿʒ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Rhotic | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
- /z/ is heard as [ʒ] when before /i/.
- /ɡ/ can be pronounced as [ɣ] or [x] in free variation.
- /b/ can be heard as an implosive [ɓ] in free variation in initial position.[3]
References
- Njebi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Marchal-Nasse, Colette (1989). De la phonologie à la morphologie du nzèbi, langue bantoue (B52) du Gabon. Université Libre de Bruxelles.
- Andy Steen dit (2016-11-21). "Musique : "Kundu", le retour de SeBa". Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon | (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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