Ndoro language

Ndoro
Ndoola
Native toNigeria
RegionTaraba State
EthnicityNdola people
Native speakers
(63,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndr
Glottologndoo1241
ELPNdoola

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

Consonants[3]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
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
Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
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

  1. ^ Ndoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ a b c Blench, Roger; Connell, Bruce (2014). A preliminary assessment of Ndoola (Ndoro).


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