Ngaʼka language

Ngaʼka
Bali
Mungaʼka
Native toCameroon
RegionBali Nyonga
EthnicityChamba
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1982)
Dialects
  • Bati (Ti)
  • Bali (Li)
  • Bandeng (Nde)
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhk
Glottologmung1266

The Ngaʼka language, or Mungaʼka, also known as Bali, is a Grassfields language spoken by the people of Bali Nyonga in Cameroon. They are the descendants of the Chamba of northern Nigeria.

Phonology

The sounds of Munga'ka are as follows:

Consonant inventory

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d k ɡ ʔ
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative f v s ɣ
Affricate t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ʒ
Approximant w j
Lateral approximant l

Vowel inventory

Front Central Back
High i ʉ u
High-Mid ə o
Low-Mid ɛ ɔ
Low a

References

  1. ↑ Ngaʼka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "The Chamba Migration and the Origin of Bali Nyonga". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Mungaka (Fall 2014) | Language Documentation Training Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa". ling.hawaii.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-09-07.