Njebi language
Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo
Njebi | |
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Yinjebi | |
Native to | Gabon , Republic of Congo |
Ethnicity | Banjabi , Bongo |
Native speakers
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140,000 (2000–2007) [1] |
Niger–Congo
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ISO 639-3 |
nzb
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Glottolog |
njeb1242
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B.52
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Njebi (or Nzebi, Njabi, Ndzabi, Yinjebi, etc.) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo .
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
Affricate | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | |
voiced | β | z | ( ʒ ) | ||
prenasal | ᶬv | ⁿz | ⁿʒ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Rhotic | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
- /z/ is heard as [ʒ] when before /i/.
- /ɡ/ can be pronounced as [ɣ] or [x] in free variation.
- /b/ can be heard as an implosive [ɓ] in free variation in initial position. [3]
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː | |
Close-mid | e eː | ə | o oː |
Open-mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
Open | a aː |
Vowel sounds may also be heard as tense in different positions.
Example
Gabonese singer SeBa 's writes and sings her songs in the Njebi language. [4]
References
- ↑ Njebi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Marchal-Nasse, Colette (1989). De la phonologie à la morphologie du nzèbi, langue bantoue (B52) du Gabon . Université Libre de Bruxelles.
- ↑ Andy Steen dit (2016-11-21). "Musique : "Kundu", le retour de SeBa" . Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon | (in French) . Retrieved 2020-02-07 .
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