Ngwe (Ŋwɛh, Nweh) is a
Bamileke language spoken predominantly in
Lebialem
Lebialem is a department of Southwest Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 617 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 113,736. The capital of the department lies at Menji.
Since the outbreak of the Anglophone Crisis i ...
,
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
. As of 2001, Ngwe had 73,200 speakers, which was an increase from the numbers of previous censuses. Its closest relatives are
Yemba and
Ngiemboon.
Writing system
Phonology
Vowels
It has at least thirteen vowels, .
[ Ladefoged, Peter. ]
A Phonetic Study of West African Languages: An Auditory-instrumental Survey
'. Cambridge University Press, 1968, pp. 33–36. /ɤ ʌ/ are centralised.
/y/ sounds somewhat like
¸or
“and has a tongue position similar to that of /É‘/, but with the jaw raised and the lips very close together.
References
External links
*Ayotte, Michael & Ayotte, Charlene. 2002.
Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Ngwe. SIL International
Languages of Cameroon
Bamileke languages
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