Mbembe is a Cross River language of Nigeria. Odut, a divergent variety spoken in a village far South of the rest of Mbembe, had 20 speakers in 1980 and may be extinct.[4]
Mbembe | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1982)[2] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mfn – inclusive codeIndividual code: oda – Odut village[3] |
Glottolog | cros1244 |
ELP | Odut |
The Mbembe alphabet has 33 letters, with 25 consonants and eight vowels.[5]
Letters (uppercase) | A | Ɑ | B | Ch | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | Gb | H | I | J | K | Kp | L | M | N | Ny | Ŋ | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | Sh | T | U | V | W | Y | Z | Zh |
Letters (lowercase) | a | α | b | ch | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | j | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | sh | t | u | v | w | y | z | zh |
IPA | /a/ | /ɑ/ | /b/ | /tʃ/ | /d/ | /e/ | /ɛ/ | /f/ | /ɡ/ | /ɡb/ | /h/ | /i/ | /dʒ/ | /k/ | /kp/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | /o/ | /ɔ/ | /p/ | /ɾ/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /u/ | /v/ | /w/ | /j/ | /z/ | /ʒ/ |
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