ngiti, language, ngiti, south, lendu, ethnolinguistic, group, located, ituri, province, democratic, republic, congo, ngiti, speakers, call, their, language, ndruna, 1991, ngiti, numbered, located, irumu, territory, south, bunia, during, ituri, conflict, front,. The Ngiti e ŋ ˈ ɡ iː t i 2 or South Lendu is an ethnolinguistic group located in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngiti speakers call their language Ndruna In 1991 the Ngiti numbered 100 000 located in the Irumu territory south of Bunia 3 During the Ituri conflict the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri was formed as a Ngiti militia group and political party 4 NgitiSouth LenduNdrunaNative toCongo DRC Native speakers 100 000 cited 1991 1 Language familyNilo Saharan Central SudanicEasternLenduNgitiLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code niy class extiw title iso639 3 niy niy a Glottologngit1239Phonology EditConsonant Phonemes 5 31 Labial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Labial velar GlottalNasal m n ɲPlosive voiced b d ɖ ɽ ɟ ɡ ɡ bvoiceless p t ʈ ɽ c k k pprenasalised ᵐb ⁿd ᶯɖɽ ᶮɟ ᵑɡ ᵑ ᵐɡ bImplosive voiced ɓ ᶑ ʄvoiceless ɓ ᶑ ʄ ʔAffricate voiced b v d zvoiceless p f t sFricative voiced v zvoiceless f s hprenasalised ᵐv ⁿzApproximant b l r j wVowel Phonemes 5 55 Front BackHigh ATR i u ATR ɪ ʊMid ATR e o ATR ɛ ɔLow aUnusual numeral system EditNgiti is reported to have a base 32 number system with base 4 cycles 6 The following is a list of some Ngiti numerals Number Numeral1 atdi2 ɔyɔ3 ɨ bhʉ4 ɨ fɔ8 arʉ 12 otsi16 ɔpɨ20 aba24 arotsi28 adzoro32 wǎdhɨ 64 ɔyɔ wǎdhɨ 96 ɨ bhʉ wǎdhɨ 128 ɨ fɔ wǎdhɨ Notes and references Edit Ngiti at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Laurie Bauer 2007 The Linguistics Student s Handbook Edinburgh Ngiti from Ethnologue DRC Who s who in Ituri militia organisations leaders IRIN 20 April 2005 a b Kutsch Lojenga Constance 1994 Ngiti a Central Sudanic language of Zaire PhD Koln Rudiger Koppe Verlag Hammarstrom Harald 2006 Rarities in Numeral Systems Proceedings of Rara amp Rarissima Conference PDF This Nilo Saharan languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an ethnic group in Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Democratic Republic of the Congo related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ngiti language amp oldid 1175605108, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
