Nga'ka language

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Nga'ka
Bali
Munga'ka
Native to Cameroon
Region Bali Nyonga
Ethnicity Chamba
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1982) [1]
Dialects
  • Bati (Ti)
  • Bali (Li)
  • Bandeng (Nde)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mhk
Glottolog mung1266

The Nga'ka language, or Munga'ka, 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]

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Phonology

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

Consonant inventory

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive pbtdkɡʔ
Nasal mnŋ
Fricative fvsɣ
Affricate t͡ʃd͡ʒʒ
Approximant wj
Lateral approximant l

Vowel inventory

Front Central Back
High iʉu
High-Mid əo
Low-Mid ɛɔ
Low a

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References

  1. Nga'ka 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.