Nzema language

kɔkɔre, modern language
Aŋa yitaalombile	Central Tano
Paaloŋ	Ivory Coast, Ghana
Indigenous to	Abidjan, Comoé District, Western irigyin
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.^[1] A kyɛre fĩĩ ka o ne Jwira-Pepesa na e boŋyeni a taa baaloŋ ne Baoulé.^[2]

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.^[3] 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
		Labial	plain	lab.	Dental	plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.	Labial-velar
Nasal	plain	m			n̪	n			ɲ	ɲʷ	ŋ	ŋʷ	ŋm
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	tp		t̪				dʑ	dʑʷ	k	kʷ	kp
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	db		d̪	d			tɕ	tɕʷ	ɡ	gʷ	ɡb
Fricative	voiceless		f	fʷ		s	sʷ	sʲ	ɕ	ɕʷ	x
Fricative	voiced		v	vʷ		z	zʷ	zʲ			ɣ
Trill						r
Lateral	plain					l
Lateral	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/.^[3]

Sɛgere tuuruŋ

Nzema sɛgebidaare^[4]
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

Sommo Yizie

↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/nzi
↑ https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/2509
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0041977X00106421
↑ Language Guide, 1977

[1] ttps://www.ethnologue.com/language/nzi

[2] ttps://www.sil.org/resources/archives/2509

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0041977X00106421

[4] Language Guide, 1977

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