Chamba Leko
Chamba Leko is one of two languages spoken by the Chamba people, the other being Chamba Daka. It is a member of the Leko branch of Savanna languages, and is spoken across the northern Nigerian–Cameroonian border.
Chamba | |
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Samba Leekɔ | |
Region | northern Nigeria and Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Chamba people |
Native speakers | 62,000 in Nigeria (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ndi |
Glottolog | samb1305 [2] |
Chamba is also spelled 'Samba', Leko also 'Leeko', 'Lego' or 'Lekon'. The language is also known as Suntai.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Labiodental | Apical | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |||
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Fricative | Voiceless | p | f | t | s | k | kp | ʔ | |
Voiced | b | v | d | z | g | gb | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ̰w | ||||
Oral | l | y | w | (h) | |||||
Flap | (ⱱ) | (r) |
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References
- Chamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Samba Leko". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Fabre, Anne Gwenaëlle (2003). "Étude du samba leko, parler d'Allani (Cameroun du Nord, famille Adamawa)" (in French). Cite journal requires
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