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NsÉ”
Lamnsɔ’
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
240,000 in Cameroon (2005) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lns
Glottolog lamn1239
Nsá» [2]
PeopleNsá»
LanguageLam-Nsá»â€™

Nso (Lamnso, Lamnsɔ’) is the Grassfields language of the Nso people of western Cameroon. A few may remain in Nigeria. It has ten major noun classes. [3] The ISO 639-3 code is lns. [4] Nso is spoken by over 100,000 people. [5]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-
velar
Glottal
plain sibilant
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless ( p) t ( t͡s) t͡ʃ k k͡p ʔ
voiced b d ( d͡z) d͡ʒ ɡ ɡ͡b
prenasal vl. â¿t ( â¿tÍ¡s) ᶮt͡ʃ ᵑk ᵑáµkÍ¡p
prenasal vd. áµb â¿d ( â¿dÍ¡z) ᶮdÍ¡Ê’ ᵑɡ ᵑáµÉ¡Í¡b
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ ( h)
voiced v ɣ
prenasal ᶬf â¿s ᶮʃ
Tap ɾ
Approximant l j w
  • Stop sounds /b, t, d, k, É¡/ may have affricated phonetic variants as [bÍ¡v, tÍ¡s, dÍ¡z~É–Í¡Ê, kÍ¡f, É¡Í¡v] when occurring before /É™/. Sounds /É£, m/ may have variants as [ɣ͡v, ᶬv] when in the same position.
  • Sounds /p/ and /h/ only occur in interjections, ideophones or loanwords.
  • /p, t, k/ may also have aspirated allophones [pÊ°, tÊ°, kÊ°] in word-initial positions.
  • Prenasal fricative sounds /ᶬf, â¿s, ᶮʃ/ may also have allophones as prenasal affricate [ᶬpÍ¡f, â¿tÍ¡s, ᶮt͡ʃ] sounds.
  • Sounds /dÍ¡Ê’, ʃ, k, É¡, m, Å‹/ may be labialized as [dÍ¡Ê’Ê·, ʃʷ, kÊ·, É¡Ê·, mÊ·, Å‹Ê·] when before a vowel, and occurring only in the first syllable.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid É› ~ e É™ É” ~ o
Open a
  • Vowels are lengthened as /iË, eË, É™Ë, aË, oË, uË/.
  • Sounds /É›, É”/ may also be heard as close-mid [e, o] in free variation.
  • Vowels /i, a, u/ are heard as [ɪ, Éœ, ÊŠ] when before /Ê”/ or nasal sounds. [6]

Writing System

Nso uses an orthography based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages (AGLC). An orthography had initially been created before being modified to follow the recommendations of the AGLC. [7]

Nso alphabet
a b c d e ə f g h i j k l m n ŋ o p r s t u v w y z ʼ

Nso uses 23 digraphs ⟨bv, dz, gb, gh, gv, gw, jw, kf, kp, kw, mb, mf, mt, mv, nj, ns, nt, ny, Å‹g, Å‹k, Å‹w, sh, ts⟩ and 7 trigraphs ⟨ghv, mbv, ndz, nsh, Å‹gv, Å‹gw, shw⟩. Long vowels are indicating by doubling the vowel ⟨aa, ee, əə, ii, oo, uu⟩. Diphthongs are noted ⟨ay, ey, É™y, oy, uy, iy⟩. [8]

The high tone is indicated with the acute accent and the low tone with the grave accent on the vowel.

Phrases

  • Beri wo. Thank you.
  • WiykijuÅ‹. You are welcome.
  • A sahka? What news? (Greeting).
  • Sah ka yo dzÉ™. No news (Reply) or M bo sa. I am fine.
  • Yirannia. Good morning.
  • A sahka mbuni. How did you sleep?
  • Aresi nia. Good afternoon.
  • yi ginia. Good evening.
  • Buni kijuÅ‹. Sleep well.
  • A ber ni kibveshi. Good bye until tomorrow.
  • Njemse juÅ‹si. Sweet dreams.
  • Wuna wosa. And to you.
  • Nyuy sævi wo. God bless you (Greeting).
  • Vishi vejuÅ‹vi. Good luck.
  • Ghan kijuÅ‹. Safe journey.
  • Fo mo. Give me.
  • A du fe? Where are you going?
  • Yir yee dzÉ™ la? What is your name?
  • Yir yem dzÉ™ LukoÅ‹. My name is Lukong.
  • A dzÉ™ wan la? Whose child are you?
  • M dzÉ™ wan LukoÅ‹. I am Lukong's child.
  • Fon Nso dze la? Who is the traditional ruler of Nso?
  • JiÅ‹ yar mo. I am hungry.
  • Ki loÅ‹ ki yum mo. I am thirsty.
  • M koÅ‹ wo. I love you.
  • Marir mo. Marry me.
  • A du fee. Where are you going?
  • Laisin jaiy wom. Forgive me
  • M ker kibam. I have a bag
  • Kinga ki te'e. The grass is growing
  • Tsehti du Å¡o. Shift it further away
  • Dze la ven . Who is this?
  • KikoÅ‹nin ki boÅ‹. Loving is good

Animal names

  • baa: leopard
  • jwi: dog
  • kan: monkey
  • kitam: elephant
  • bvèreh: lion
  • shishuiy: duiker
  • bvey: goat
  • njii: sheep
  • nyaar: buffalo
  • buhn: squirrel
  • yo: serpent
  • kinchiiy: cricket
  • taa ngam: spider
  • ngam: tarantula
  • kuurra: hyena
  • ngvev: chicken
  • kibev: he-goat
  • kibar: lizard
  • kiliim: bat

Other nouns

  • shuy: sun
  • mindzev: water
  • ngwa: book
  • nanar: pineapple
  • lav: house
  • kitukelav: roof
  • nsaalav: floor
  • shulav: door
  • ntah: chair
  • gham: rug
  • nton: cooking pot
  • bowl: (typically a small bowl)
  • bar: cup
  • nkaa: basket
  • sum: farm
  • minkkah: firewood
  • shishuur: pepper
  • chinyuu: spoon
  • mintanin: junction
  • la' cu: house of worship (church)
  • kitengteng: vehicle
  • sang: rice
  • kitukelav: roof
  • saav: file
  • tu': Irish potato
  • mbulam: sweet potato
  • kiku': cocoyam
  • kingom: banana
  • nyam: meat
  • mbang: walking stick
  • yiy: mom (mother)
  • tar: dad (father)
  • jemir: sister (relative)
  • tamir: brother (relative)
  • feer: relative (A general sense. Example: * M dze feer wo: I am your relative)

Tatakong:Stick insect

Adjectives

  • lum: hot
  • rÉ™ : cold
  • Dzer: Heavy.
  • Sen: Dark.
  • Fer: White
  • Shi'ir: Bitter.
  • Nyom: Sweet
  • nyaaÅ‹: Calm

References

  1. ^ NsÉ” at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ Laura W. McGarrity and Robert Botne. "BETWEEN AGREEMENT AND CASE MARKING IN LAMNSO" (PDF).
  4. ^ "ISO 639 code sets". www.sil.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  5. ^ paul peek. "Lamnso". Flw.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  6. ^ Anderson, Stephen C. (2015). A phonological sketch of Lamnso'. Yaoundé: SIL.
  7. ^ "Orthography and identity in Cameroon | Cameroon". www.silcam.org.
  8. ^ Banyee 2015.

Bibliography

  • Banyee, William (25 November 2015). "Spelling and pronunciation in Lamso". The Nso heritage. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  • McGarrity, Laura and Botne, Robert (2001). Between Agreement and Case Marking in Lamnso. IUWPL 3: Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamnso' to Sesotho (2001), edited by Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, pp. 53–70. Bloomington, IN: Noun classes and categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Lamnso’ language)
NsÉ”
Lamnsɔ’
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
240,000 in Cameroon (2005) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lns
Glottolog lamn1239
Nsá» [2]
PeopleNsá»
LanguageLam-Nsá»â€™

Nso (Lamnso, Lamnsɔ’) is the Grassfields language of the Nso people of western Cameroon. A few may remain in Nigeria. It has ten major noun classes. [3] The ISO 639-3 code is lns. [4] Nso is spoken by over 100,000 people. [5]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-
velar
Glottal
plain sibilant
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless ( p) t ( t͡s) t͡ʃ k k͡p ʔ
voiced b d ( d͡z) d͡ʒ ɡ ɡ͡b
prenasal vl. â¿t ( â¿tÍ¡s) ᶮt͡ʃ ᵑk ᵑáµkÍ¡p
prenasal vd. áµb â¿d ( â¿dÍ¡z) ᶮdÍ¡Ê’ ᵑɡ ᵑáµÉ¡Í¡b
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ ( h)
voiced v ɣ
prenasal ᶬf â¿s ᶮʃ
Tap ɾ
Approximant l j w
  • Stop sounds /b, t, d, k, É¡/ may have affricated phonetic variants as [bÍ¡v, tÍ¡s, dÍ¡z~É–Í¡Ê, kÍ¡f, É¡Í¡v] when occurring before /É™/. Sounds /É£, m/ may have variants as [ɣ͡v, ᶬv] when in the same position.
  • Sounds /p/ and /h/ only occur in interjections, ideophones or loanwords.
  • /p, t, k/ may also have aspirated allophones [pÊ°, tÊ°, kÊ°] in word-initial positions.
  • Prenasal fricative sounds /ᶬf, â¿s, ᶮʃ/ may also have allophones as prenasal affricate [ᶬpÍ¡f, â¿tÍ¡s, ᶮt͡ʃ] sounds.
  • Sounds /dÍ¡Ê’, ʃ, k, É¡, m, Å‹/ may be labialized as [dÍ¡Ê’Ê·, ʃʷ, kÊ·, É¡Ê·, mÊ·, Å‹Ê·] when before a vowel, and occurring only in the first syllable.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid É› ~ e É™ É” ~ o
Open a
  • Vowels are lengthened as /iË, eË, É™Ë, aË, oË, uË/.
  • Sounds /É›, É”/ may also be heard as close-mid [e, o] in free variation.
  • Vowels /i, a, u/ are heard as [ɪ, Éœ, ÊŠ] when before /Ê”/ or nasal sounds. [6]

Writing System

Nso uses an orthography based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages (AGLC). An orthography had initially been created before being modified to follow the recommendations of the AGLC. [7]

Nso alphabet
a b c d e ə f g h i j k l m n ŋ o p r s t u v w y z ʼ

Nso uses 23 digraphs ⟨bv, dz, gb, gh, gv, gw, jw, kf, kp, kw, mb, mf, mt, mv, nj, ns, nt, ny, Å‹g, Å‹k, Å‹w, sh, ts⟩ and 7 trigraphs ⟨ghv, mbv, ndz, nsh, Å‹gv, Å‹gw, shw⟩. Long vowels are indicating by doubling the vowel ⟨aa, ee, əə, ii, oo, uu⟩. Diphthongs are noted ⟨ay, ey, É™y, oy, uy, iy⟩. [8]

The high tone is indicated with the acute accent and the low tone with the grave accent on the vowel.

Phrases

  • Beri wo. Thank you.
  • WiykijuÅ‹. You are welcome.
  • A sahka? What news? (Greeting).
  • Sah ka yo dzÉ™. No news (Reply) or M bo sa. I am fine.
  • Yirannia. Good morning.
  • A sahka mbuni. How did you sleep?
  • Aresi nia. Good afternoon.
  • yi ginia. Good evening.
  • Buni kijuÅ‹. Sleep well.
  • A ber ni kibveshi. Good bye until tomorrow.
  • Njemse juÅ‹si. Sweet dreams.
  • Wuna wosa. And to you.
  • Nyuy sævi wo. God bless you (Greeting).
  • Vishi vejuÅ‹vi. Good luck.
  • Ghan kijuÅ‹. Safe journey.
  • Fo mo. Give me.
  • A du fe? Where are you going?
  • Yir yee dzÉ™ la? What is your name?
  • Yir yem dzÉ™ LukoÅ‹. My name is Lukong.
  • A dzÉ™ wan la? Whose child are you?
  • M dzÉ™ wan LukoÅ‹. I am Lukong's child.
  • Fon Nso dze la? Who is the traditional ruler of Nso?
  • JiÅ‹ yar mo. I am hungry.
  • Ki loÅ‹ ki yum mo. I am thirsty.
  • M koÅ‹ wo. I love you.
  • Marir mo. Marry me.
  • A du fee. Where are you going?
  • Laisin jaiy wom. Forgive me
  • M ker kibam. I have a bag
  • Kinga ki te'e. The grass is growing
  • Tsehti du Å¡o. Shift it further away
  • Dze la ven . Who is this?
  • KikoÅ‹nin ki boÅ‹. Loving is good

Animal names

  • baa: leopard
  • jwi: dog
  • kan: monkey
  • kitam: elephant
  • bvèreh: lion
  • shishuiy: duiker
  • bvey: goat
  • njii: sheep
  • nyaar: buffalo
  • buhn: squirrel
  • yo: serpent
  • kinchiiy: cricket
  • taa ngam: spider
  • ngam: tarantula
  • kuurra: hyena
  • ngvev: chicken
  • kibev: he-goat
  • kibar: lizard
  • kiliim: bat

Other nouns

  • shuy: sun
  • mindzev: water
  • ngwa: book
  • nanar: pineapple
  • lav: house
  • kitukelav: roof
  • nsaalav: floor
  • shulav: door
  • ntah: chair
  • gham: rug
  • nton: cooking pot
  • bowl: (typically a small bowl)
  • bar: cup
  • nkaa: basket
  • sum: farm
  • minkkah: firewood
  • shishuur: pepper
  • chinyuu: spoon
  • mintanin: junction
  • la' cu: house of worship (church)
  • kitengteng: vehicle
  • sang: rice
  • kitukelav: roof
  • saav: file
  • tu': Irish potato
  • mbulam: sweet potato
  • kiku': cocoyam
  • kingom: banana
  • nyam: meat
  • mbang: walking stick
  • yiy: mom (mother)
  • tar: dad (father)
  • jemir: sister (relative)
  • tamir: brother (relative)
  • feer: relative (A general sense. Example: * M dze feer wo: I am your relative)

Tatakong:Stick insect

Adjectives

  • lum: hot
  • rÉ™ : cold
  • Dzer: Heavy.
  • Sen: Dark.
  • Fer: White
  • Shi'ir: Bitter.
  • Nyom: Sweet
  • nyaaÅ‹: Calm

References

  1. ^ NsÉ” at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ Laura W. McGarrity and Robert Botne. "BETWEEN AGREEMENT AND CASE MARKING IN LAMNSO" (PDF).
  4. ^ "ISO 639 code sets". www.sil.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  5. ^ paul peek. "Lamnso". Flw.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  6. ^ Anderson, Stephen C. (2015). A phonological sketch of Lamnso'. Yaoundé: SIL.
  7. ^ "Orthography and identity in Cameroon | Cameroon". www.silcam.org.
  8. ^ Banyee 2015.

Bibliography

  • Banyee, William (25 November 2015). "Spelling and pronunciation in Lamso". The Nso heritage. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  • McGarrity, Laura and Botne, Robert (2001). Between Agreement and Case Marking in Lamnso. IUWPL 3: Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamnso' to Sesotho (2001), edited by Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, pp. 53–70. Bloomington, IN: Noun classes and categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins.



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