Nzema language

Nzema Language

language, modern language

Subclass of	Central Tano
Country	Ivory Coast, Ghana
Indigenous to	Abidjan, Comoé District, Western Region
Writing system	Latin script
Ethnologue language status	5 Developing

Nzema, meŋ naŋ e Nzima bee Appolo, e la Central Tano kɔkɔre Nzema noba naŋ yele a Ghana southwestern poɔ ane southeastern Ivory Coast. A kyɛre fĩĩ ka o ne Jwira-Pepesa na e boŋyeni a taa baaloŋ ne Baoulé.

Ane a zaa ka o e la Bia kɔkɔre, Nzema meŋ e la Akan kɔkɔ-yaga na kaŋa, ane o taa la Akan kɔkɔɛ mine zɛnzɛloŋ, a gaŋazaa Twi ane Fante. Tembɛrɛ naŋ de zu be la Nzema teŋɛŋ aseŋ Bonyere, Nkroful, Half Assini, Axim, Eikwe, Baku, Atuabo, Beyin ane Essiama.

Fonologyi

Sɛgebidaare

		Labial	Labiodental		Dental	Alveolar			(Alveolo-) Palatal		Velar		Labial-velar
			plain	lab.		plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Nasal	plain	m			n̪	n			ɲ	ɲʷ	ŋ	ŋʷ	ŋm
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	tp		t̪				dʑ	dʑʷ	k	kʷ	kp
	voiced	b	db		d̪	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					l̃
Approximant									j			w

Sɛgebinyaŋene

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Near-open		ɐ
Open		a

Nzema's taa la sɛgebinyaŋene pie, anii na baŋ e la nyɔ-eɛroŋ: /ĩ/, /ɪ̃/, /ɛ̃/, /ɐ̃/, /ã/, /ũ/, /ʊ̃/ and /ɔ̃/.

Sɛgere tuuruŋ

Nzema sɛgebidaare

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	z