Nyong language
Appearance
Nyong | |
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Mumbake | |
Nyɔŋ Nyanga | |
Native to | Nigeria,Cameroon |
Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 30,000 in Cameroon (2008 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | muo |
Glottolog | nyon1241 |
Person | Nyɔŋvena[2] |
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People | Nyɔŋnepa (Nyongnepa) |
Language | Nyɔŋ Nyanga |
Nyong(Daganyonga), also known as Mubako and Bali-Kumbat,[3]is aLeko languagespoken in two well-separated enclaves inCameroonandNigeria.Cameroonian speakers consider themselves to be ethnicallyChamba.
Nyong is linguistically distinct from nearby languages. It is instead more similar to theChamba languagewhich is spoken to the north. Nyong and Chamba have 85% lexical similarity.[4]
Distribution
[edit]Ethnologue(22nd ed.) lists the following Nyong villages and locations.
- Cameroon
- Mezamdivision,Santasubdivision: Baligham village
- Ngo-Ketunjiadivision,Balikumbatsubdivision: Baligashu, Baligansin, and Balikumbat villages onNdopplain
- Nigeria
- Adamawa State:Mayo BelwaLGA
- Taraba State:ZingLGA. 6 villages.
Phonology
[edit]The vowels of Nyong are /i/, /u/, /e/, /o/, /ə/ /ɛ/, /ɔ/, and /a/. Length contrast exists in all vowels except /ə/ and /o/, which are always short. There are five tones: high, mid, low, rising, and falling.[5]
Labial | Dental/Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Stop | p, b | t, d | k, g | |||
Affricate | nd | ŋɡ | kp, gb | |||
Approximant | l | j | w | |||
Fricative | f, v | s, z | h |
References
[edit]- ^NyongatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^Blench, Roger (2019).An Atlas of Nigerian Languages(4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^"Mubako".Ethnologue.Retrieved2020-09-27.
- ^Griffin, Margaret A. (1994).A rapid appraisal survey of Mubako (ALCAM 300 Samba leekɔ).
- ^abKouonang, Alice (1983).Esquisse phonologique du parler bali-kumbat.