| Ngiti | |
| Also Known As: | South Lendu |
| Nativename: | Ndruna |
| States: | Congo (DRC) |
| Speakers: | 100,000 |
| Date: | 1991 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Fam2: | Central Sudanic |
| Fam3: | Eastern |
| Fam4: | Lendu |
| Iso3: | niy |
| Glotto: | ngit1239 |
| Glottorefname: | Ngiti |
The Ngiti,[1] or South Lendu, are an ethnolinguistic group located in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ngiti speakers call their language Ndruna. In 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the Irumu territory south of Bunia.[2] During the Ituri conflict, the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri was formed as a Ngiti militia group and political party.[3]
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| prenasalised | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Implosive | voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Affricate | voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Fricative | voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| prenasalised | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| High | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Low | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
Ngiti is reported to have a base-32 number system with base-4 cycles. The following is a list of some Ngiti numerals.
| Number | Numeral | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | atdí | |
| 2 | ɔyɔ | |
| 3 | ɨ̀bhʉ | |
| 4 | ɨ̀fɔ | |
| 8 | àrʉ̀ | |
| 12 | otsi | |
| 16 | ɔpɨ | |
| 20 | àbà | |
| 24 | àròtsí | |
| 28 | àdzòro | |
| 32 | wǎdhɨ̀ | |
| 64 | ɔyɔ wǎdhɨ̀ | |
| 96 | ɨ̀bhʉ wǎdhɨ̀ | |
| 128 | ɨ̀fɔ wǎdhɨ̀ |