NsÉ” | |
---|---|
Lamnsɔ’ | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | 240,000 in Cameroon (2005) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
lns |
Glottolog |
lamn1239 |
Nsá» [2] | |
---|---|
People | Nsá» |
Language | Lam-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]
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 |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | É› ~ e | É™ | É” ~ o |
Open | a |
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]
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.
Tatakong:Stick insect
NsÉ” | |
---|---|
Lamnsɔ’ | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | 240,000 in Cameroon (2005) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
lns |
Glottolog |
lamn1239 |
Nsá» [2] | |
---|---|
People | Nsá» |
Language | Lam-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]
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 |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | É› ~ e | É™ | É” ~ o |
Open | a |
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]
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.
Tatakong:Stick insect