Naki, or Munkaf, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon and Nigeria. There is no name for the language; it is known by the villages it is spoken in, including Naki and Mekaf (Munkaf) in Cameroon and Bukwen and Mashi in Nigeria, the latter listed as separate languages by Ethnologue, though they are not distinct.
naki, language, confused, with, papuan, naki, munkaf, eastern, beboid, language, cameroon, nigeria, there, name, language, known, villages, spoken, including, naki, mekaf, munkaf, cameroon, bukwen, mashi, nigeria, latter, listed, separate, languages, ethnologu. Not to be confused with Naki language Papuan Naki or Munkaf is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon and Nigeria There is no name for the language it is known by the villages it is spoken in including Naki and Mekaf Munkaf in Cameroon and Bukwen and Mashi in Nigeria the latter listed as separate languages by Ethnologue though they are not distinct NakiMunkafRegionCameroon NigeriaNative speakers undated figure of 3 000 in Cameroon 1993 2 000 in Nigeria 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoBenue CongoSouthern BantoidEastern BeboidNakiLanguage codesISO 639 3Variously a href https iso639 3 sil org code mff class extiw title iso639 3 mff mff a Naki Cameroon a href https iso639 3 sil org code buz class extiw title iso639 3 buz buz a Bukwen a href https iso639 3 sil org code jms class extiw title iso639 3 jms jms a MashiGlottolognaki1240ELPNakiPhonology editNaki is a tonal language It has a high tone a a low tone a a rising tone ǎ and a falling tone a Naki has eight phonemic vowels These are as follows Vowel Phonemes Front Mid Back Close i u Close mid e e o Open mid ɛ ɔ Open a The consonants are as follows Consonants Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Plosive Voiceless p t tʷ c cʷ k kʷ Voiced b bʷ bʲ d g gʷ Affricate Voiceless f fʷ fʲ t s t sʷ t sʲ Voiced d z d ʒ d ʒʷ Fricative Voiceless s ʃ ʃʷ ʃʲ Voiced ʒ Nasal m mʷ n ɲ ŋ Approximant w l j jʷ There are also the labio velar plosives k p and g b 2 References edit Naki Cameroon at Ethnologue 15th ed 2005 nbsp Bukwen at Ethnologue 15th ed 2005 nbsp Mashi at Ethnologue 15th ed 2005 nbsp Kum Nang Julius 2002 A sketch phonology and a step towards the standardization of Naki masters thesis Universite de Yaounde Sources editBlench Roger 2011 The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu Bantu IV Humboldt University Berlin nbsp This article about Southern Bantoid languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Naki language amp oldid 1210467179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
