Ngaʼka language

The Ngaʼka language, or Mungaʼka, also known as Bali, is a Grassfields language spoken by the people of Bali Nyonga in Cameroon. They are the descendants of the Chamba of northern Nigeria.[2]

Ngaʼka
Bali
Mungaʼka
Native toCameroon
RegionBali Nyonga
EthnicityChamba
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1982)[1]
Dialects
  • Bati (Ti)
  • Bali (Li)
  • Bandeng (Nde)
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhk
Glottologmung1266

Phonology

The sounds of Munga'ka are as follows:[3]

Consonant inventory

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k ɡ ʔ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative f v s ɣ
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ʒ
Approximant w j
Lateral approximant l

Vowel inventory

Front Central Back
High i ʉ u
High-Mid ə o
Low-Mid ɛ ɔ
Low a

References

  1. Ngaʼka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "The Chamba Migration and the Origin of Bali Nyonga". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  3. "Mungaka (Fall 2014) | Language Documentation Training Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa". ling.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.


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