Nizaa language

Suga
Nizaa
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1985) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Mambiloid Suga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sgi
Glottolog	suga1248

Map of ethnic groups in Adamawa Province

Suga, also known as Galim, Nyemnyem, and Nizaa, is a Mambiloid language of Cameroon.

Phonology

Vowels

Nizaa has 9 oral vowels /ɪ,ɯ,ʊ,ʏ,e,ɤ,o,ø,a/, along with long and nasalized long vowels /iː,uː,ɯː,eː,ɤː,oː,ɛː,ʌː,ɔː,aː,ĩː,ɯ̃ː,ũː,ɛ̃ː,ʌ̃ː,ɔ̃ː,ãː/. ^[2]

Consonants

		Labial		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Velar		Labial– velar	Glottal
		plain	lab.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.		plain	lab.
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	pʷ	t	tʷ	tʃ	tʃʷ	k	kʷ	k͡p	ʔ	ʔʷ
	voiced	b	bʷ	d	dʷ	dʒ	dʒʷ	ɡ	ɡʷ	ɡ͡b
	prenasalized	ᵐb	ᵐbʷ	ⁿd	ⁿdʷ	ᶮdʒ	ᶮdʒʷ	ᵑg	ᵑgʷ	͡ᵑᵐɡ͡b
	implosive	ɓ	ɓʷ	ɗ	ɗʷ
	prenasalized implosive	ᵐɓ	ᵐɓʷ	ⁿɗ	ⁿɗʷ
Nasal		m	mʷ	n	nʷ	ɲ	ɲʷ
Approximant	voiced			l		j	ɥ			w
	nasalized			lʷ				ɰ̃		w̃
Fricative	voiceless	f	( fʷ )	s	sʷ	ʃ	ʃʷ	x			h
	voiced	v	vʷ	z	zʷ			ɣ
	prenasalized	ᶬv		ⁿz
Tap or Flap		( ⱱ̟ )		ɾ	ɾʷ

The consonants in parentheses are marginal: the bilabial flap is only found in ideophones, and the voiced velar fricative is only found intervocalically in disyllabic morphemes, differentiating them from compounds. ^[2]

References

1. Suga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Kjelsvik, Bjørghild (November 2002). "Verb chains in Nizaa". ResearchGate .