lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageChamba 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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Region | northern Nigeria and Cameroon |
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Ethnicity | Chamba people |
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Native speakers | 62,000 in Nigeria (2000)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | ndi |
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Glottolog | samb1305 |
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Chamba is also spelled 'Samba', Leko also 'Leeko', 'Lego' or 'Lekon'. The language is also known as Suntai.
Dialects
Samba, also called Samba Leeko, is highly distinct from Chamba Daka, also called Daga Mumi ('language of the Daka'), spoken in Nigeria by another subgroup of the Chamba people. These two languages are respectively classified in groups 2 and 3 of the Adamawa branch by Joseph Greenberg (see Adamawa languages).[2]
In Cameroon, the two main groups of dialects are:[2]
- Samba languages proper (consisting of the Samba Leeko, Deenu, Bangla, Wangai varieties, as well as Sampara, mainly spoken in Nigeria) located between the Alantika Mountains in one area, and Faro and Mayo-Déo as well (in the south of Béka commune, Bénoué department, North Region)
- Daganjonga, spoken in two enclaves of 25,000 speakers surrounded by Grassfields languages, near the Ndop Plain (more than 400 kilometers from the Alantika Mountains). It is spoken in the villages of Balikumbat, Baligashu, Baligashu (Balikumbat commune, Ngoketunjia department, North-West Region) and Baligam (Santa commune, Mezam department, North-West Region)
Phonology
Consonants
[3]: 21
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Labial |
Labiodental |
Apical |
Palatal |
Velar |
Labial–velar |
Glottal |
Fricative |
Voiceless |
p |
f |
t |
s |
k |
kp |
ʔ |
Voiced |
b |
v |
d |
z |
g |
gb |
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Nasal |
m |
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n |
ɲ |
ŋ |
̰w |
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Oral |
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l |
y |
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w |
(h) |
Flap |
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(ⱱ) |
(r) |
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Vowels
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Front |
Central |
Back |
Close |
i |
ə |
u |
Mid |
e |
o |
Open |
ɛ |
a |
ɔ |
References
- Chamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
- Fabre, Anne Gwenaëlle (2003). "Étude du samba leko, parler d'Allani (Cameroun du Nord, famille Adamawa)" (in French).
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See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages |
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Indigenous languages | Indigenous languages (grouped by Nigerian state) |
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Scripts | |
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Adamawa languages |
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Waja–Kam | |
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Leko–Nimbari | Leko | |
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Duru | |
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Mumuye–Yendang | |
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Other | |
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Bambukic | Bikwin–Jen | |
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Bena–Mboi (Yungur) | |
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Other | |
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Mbum–Day | |
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На других языках
[de] Samba Leko
Das Chamba Leko ist eine der zwei Sprachen, die vom Volk der Chamba gesprochen werden – das andere ist das Samba Daka.
- [en] Chamba Leko
[fr] Samba leko
Le samba leko (ou chamba leko, samba) est une langue de l'Adamaoua parlée au Cameroun dans la région du Nord, le département du Faro entre Tchamba et la rivière Mayo Louti, à l'ouest de Poli, également au sud de l'arrondissement de Beka, le long de la frontière avec le Nigeria[1].
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