Naki language should not be confused with Naki language (Papuan).
| Naki | |
| Nativename: | Munkaf |
| Region: | Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Speakers: | 3,000 in Cameroon (1993), 2,000 in Nigeria |
| Date: | no date |
| Ref: | e15 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
| Lc1: | mff |
| Ld1: | Naki (Cameroon) |
| Lc2: | buz |
| Ld2: | Bukwen |
| Lc3: | jms |
| Ld3: | Mashi |
| Glotto: | naki1240 |
| Glottorefname: | Nakic |
Naki, or Munkaf, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon and Nigeria. There is no name for the language; it is known by the villages it is spoken in, including Naki and Mekaf (Munkaf) in Cameroon and Bukwen and Mashi in Nigeria, the latter listed as separate languages by Ethnologue, though they are not distinct.
Naki is a tonal language. It has a high tone /á/, a low tone /à/, a rising tone /ǎ/, and a falling tone /â/.
Naki has eight phonemic vowels. These are as follows:
| Close | i | u | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close-mid | e | ə | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |
| Plosive | voiceless | t tʷ | c cʷ | k kʷ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voiced | b bʷ bʲ | d | g gʷ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | f fʷ fʲ | t͡s t͡sʷ t͡sʲ | |||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ d͡ʒʷ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ ʃʷ ʃʲ | |||
| voiced | ʒ | |||||
| Nasal | m mʷ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Approximant | w | l | j jʷ | |||