| Nsei | |
| Nativename: | Kenswei Nsei |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Speakers: | 25,000 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Grassfields |
| Fam6: | Ring |
| Fam7: | South |
| Iso3: | ndb |
| Glotto: | kens1251 |
| Glottorefname: | Kenswei Nsei |
Kenswei Nsei (Kensense), also Nsei or Mesing (Bamessing), is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -voice | +voice | -voice | +voice | -voice | +voice | -voice | +voice | -voice | ||
| Nasal | Plain | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Labialized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate | Plain | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Pre-nasalized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Lablalized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Pre-nasalized and labialized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Fricative | Plain | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Pre-nasalized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Labialized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Pre-nasalized and labialized | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||||
| Approximant | Plain | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Labialized | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Close-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
Nsei has both lexical and grammatical tone. There are at least two level tones (high, low, and possibly mid) and two contour tones (falling and rising).