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^ abcdBerry, J. (1955). "Some Notes on the Phonology of the Nzema and Ahanta Dialects". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 17 (1): 160–165. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00106421. ISSN 1474-0699.
nzema, language, appolo, redirects, here, confused, with, apollo, appolo, redirects, here, other, uses, appolo, disambiguation, nzema, also, known, nzima, appolo, central, tano, language, spoken, nzema, people, southwestern, ghana, southeastern, ivory, coast, . Appolo redirects here Not to be confused with Apollo Appolo redirects here For other uses see Appolo disambiguation Nzema also known as Nzima or Appolo is a Central Tano language spoken by the Nzema people of southwestern Ghana and southeastern Ivory Coast 2 It is partially intelligible with Jwira Pepesa and is closely related to Baoule 3 NzemaRegionGhana Ivory CoastEthnicityNzemaNative speakers430 000 2013 2021 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoKwaPotou TanoTanoCentral TanoBiaSouth BiaNzemaLanguage codesISO 639 2 span class plainlinks nzi span ISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code nzi class extiw title iso639 3 nzi nzi a Glottolognzim1238 Although it is a Bia language Nzema is also one of the many Akan languages and it has had considerable influence from other Akan languages especially Twi and Fante 4 There are notable towns in Nzemaland such as Bonyere Nkroful Half Assini Axim Eikwe Baku Atuabo Beyin and Essiama Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 2 Writing system 3 References 4 External linksPhonology editConsonants edit 4 Labial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Alveolo Palatal Velar Labial velar plain lab plain lab pal plain lab plain lab Nasal plain m n n ɲ ɲʷ ŋ ŋʷ ŋm Plosive Affricate voiceless p tp t dʑ dʑʷ k kʷ kp voiced b db d d tɕ tɕʷ ɡ gʷ ɡb Fricative voiceless f fʷ s sʷ sʲ ɕ ɕʷ x voiced v vʷ z zʷ zʲ ɣ Trill r Lateral plain l nasalized l Approximant j w Vowels edit 4 Front Central Back Close i u Near close ɪ ʊ Close mid e o Open mid ɛ ɔ Near open ɐ Open a Of Nzema s ten vowels eight may be nasalized ĩ ɪ ɛ ɐ a ũ ʊ and ɔ 4 Writing system editNzema alphabet 5 Uppercase A B D Ɛ E F G H I K L M N Ɔ O P R S T U V W Y Z Lowercase a b d ɛ e f g h i k l m n ɔ o p r s t u v w y zReferences edit Nzema at Ethnologue 26th ed 2023 nbsp Nzema Ethnologue Retrieved 2020 01 03 Burmeister Jonathan L 1976 A comparison of variable nouns in Anyi Sanvi and Nzema Annales de l Universite d Abidjan H Linguistique 9 7 19 a b c d Berry J 1955 Some Notes on the Phonology of the Nzema and Ahanta Dialects Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 17 1 160 165 doi 10 1017 S0041977X00106421 ISSN 1474 0699 Language Guide 1977External links editNzema language dictionaries nbsp Nzema language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator nbsp This article about Volta Congo languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nzema language amp oldid 1187599359, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
