| Kanembu | |
| Nativename: | كَنٜݦُ |
| Also Known As: | Kanembou |
| States: | Chad |
| Region: | Barh el Gazel, Hadjer-Lamis |
| Ethnicity: | Kanembu |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Dia1: | Karkawu |
| Dia2: | Mando |
| Dia3: | Nguri |
| Script: | |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Fam2: | Saharan |
| Fam3: | Western |
| Fam4: | Kanuri |
| Ancestor: | Old Kanembu |
| Iso2: | kbl |
| Lc1: | kbl |
| Ld1: | Kanembu |
| Lc2: | txj |
| Ld2: | Old Kanembu |
| Glotto: | kane1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Kanembu |
| Lingua: | 02-AAA-b |
Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is also spoken by a smaller number of people in Niger. It is closely related to Kanuri.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Trill | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Near-close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Close-mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open-mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
Kanembu is written with the Latin script and Ajami alphabets.
In 2009, the Chadian government standardized both Latin and Ajami scripts for all indigenous languages of the country, including Kanembu, in what is known as Chadian National Alphabet.[1] [2]
| B b | C c | D d | E e | Ə ə | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | |
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| L l | M m | N n | O o | Pp | R r | S s | T t | U u | W w | Y y | |
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
The Ajami script has been used for Kanembu, since the time of Dunama Dabbalemi, and still today in the Tarjumo language or in religious works.
| Arabic (Latin) [IPA]| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (-) pronounced as /link//pronounced as /link/| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (B b) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (T t) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (S s) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (J j) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (Nj nj) pronounced as /link/ |-! Arabic (Latin) [IPA]| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (C c) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (H h) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (Kh kh) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (D d) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (Nd nd) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (S s) pronounced as /link/ |-! Arabic (Latin) [IPA]| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (R r) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (S s) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (S s) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (Ch ch) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (S s) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (D d) pronounced as /link/ |-! Arabic (Latin) [IPA]| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (T t) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (Z z) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (-) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" bgcolor="#FFEFD5" | (Kh kh) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (Ng ng) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (F f) pronounced as /link/ |-! Arabic (Latin) [IPA]| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (G g) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (K k) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (L l) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (M m) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (Mb mb) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (N n) pronounced as /link/ |-! Arabic (Latin) [IPA]| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (H h) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (W w) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (-) pronounced as /link/| style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (Y y) pronounced as /link/ | style="width:7em; text-align:center; padding: 3px;" | (-) pronounced as /link/|}
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