Ndoro | |
Nativename: | Ndoola |
Ethnicity: | Ndola people |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Taraba State |
Date: | 2000 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Mambiloid? |
Fam5: | Ndoro–Fam |
Iso3: | ndr |
Glotto: | ndoo1241 |
Glottorefname: | Ndoola |
Ndoola (Ndoro) or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon[1] is a Bantoid language of Nigeria, with several thousand speakers in Cameroon. It is either among or related to the Mambiloid languages.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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oral | labialised | ||||||
Plosive | 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/ | |
Prenasalized | pronounced as /link/ | 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/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ |
High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
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Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
Ndoro also has five tones; high, mid, low, falling, and rising.