| Ngaʼka | |
|---|---|
| Bali | |
| Mungaʼka | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Bali Nyonga |
| Ethnicity | Chamba |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1982)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mhk |
| Glottolog | mung1266 |
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]
Phonology
[edit]The sounds of Munga'ka are as follows:[3]
Consonant inventory
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ʉ | u |
| High-Mid | ə | o | |
| Low-Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Low | a |
References
[edit]- ^ Ngaʼka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "The Chamba Migration and the Origin of Bali Nyonga". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Mungaka (Fall 2014) | Language Documentation Training Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa". ling.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
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