| Nyong | |
| Also Known As: | Mumbake |
| Nativename: | Nyɔŋ Nyanga |
| States: | Nigeria, Cameroon |
| Region: | Adamawa State |
| Speakers: | 30,000 in Cameroon |
| Date: | 2008 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Leko–Nimbari |
| Fam4: | Leko |
| Iso3: | muo |
| Glotto: | nyon1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Nyong |
| Person: | Nyɔŋvena[1] |
| People: | Nyɔŋnepa (Nyongnepa) |
| Language: | Nyɔŋ Nyanga |
Nyong (Daganyonga), also known as Mubako and Bali-Kumbat,[2] is a Leko language spoken in two well-separated enclaves in Cameroon and Nigeria. Cameroonian speakers consider themselves to be ethnically Chamba.
Nyong is linguistically distinct from nearby languages. It is instead more similar to the Chamba language which is spoken to the north. Nyong and Chamba have 85% lexical similarity.[3]
Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists the following Nyong villages and locations.
Mayo Belwa LGA
Zing LGA. 6 villages.
The vowels of Nyong are /i/, /u/, /e/, /o/, /ə/ /ɛ/, /ɔ/, and /a/. Length contrast exists in all vowels except /ə/ and /o/, which are always short. There are five tones: high, mid, low, rising, and falling.[4]
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p, b | t, d | k, g | ||||
| Affricate | nd | ŋɡ | kp, gb | ||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
| Fricative | f, v | s, z | h |