Njebi | |
Nativename: | Yinjebi |
States: | Gabon, Republic of Congo |
Ethnicity: | Banjabi, Bongo |
Date: | 2000–2007 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone B) |
Fam6: | Nzebi languages (B.50) |
Iso3: | nzb |
Glotto: | njeb1242 |
Glottorefname: | Njebi |
Guthrie: | B.52 |
Njebi (or Nzebi, Njabi, Ndzabi, Yinjebi, etc.) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
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Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Affricate | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | |||
prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
Front | Central | Back | ||
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Close | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
Close-mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
Open-mid | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
Open | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
Gabonese singer SeBa's writes and sings her songs in the Njebi language.[2]