Ndoro language
Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria
Ndoro | |
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Ndoola | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Taraba State |
Ethnicity | Ndola people |
Native speakers | 63,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ndr |
Glottolog | ndoo1241 |
ELP | Ndoola |
Ndoola (Ndoro) or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon[2] is a Bantoid language of Nigeria, with several thousand speakers in Cameroon. It is either among or related to the Mambiloid languages.
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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oral | labialised | |||||
Plosive | p b | t d | tʃ dʒ | k g | kʷ gʷ | ʔ |
Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑg | ᵑgʷ | |
Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ | h | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋʷ | |
Approximant | w | l, r | ʎ, j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | ɨ | u uː |
Mid-high | e eː | ə | o oː |
Mid-low | ɛ ɛː | ɔ | |
Low | a aː |
Ndoro also has five tones;[3] high, mid, low, falling, and rising.
References
- ^ Ndoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ a b c Blench, Roger; Connell, Bruce (2014). A preliminary assessment of Ndoola (Ndoro).
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