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Ninka language

Ninka language

Plateau language spoken in Nigeria

The Nka language (Ninka, Aninka) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. Mutual intelligibility with the related Gbantu language is low.

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Phonology

Consonants

More information Bilabial, Labiodental ...


Vowels

More information front, central ...

/ə/ is an uncertain transcription, and may be a centralized allophone of /i/.[2]

References

  • Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.
  1. [1]
    Ninka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger (19 October 2011). "The Ninka language of Central Nigeria and its affinities" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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