Ndoro language explained

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.

Phonology

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LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
orallabialised
Plosivepronounced 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/
Prenasalizedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/
Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Highpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid-highpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Mid-lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Lowpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

Ndoro also has five tones; high, mid, low, falling, and rising.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.