Ngambay language

Ngambay (nke a makwaara dị ka Sara, Sara Ngambai, Gamba, Gambaye, Gamblai na Ngambai) bụ otu n'ime asụsụ ndị Sara na-asụ na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ Chad, n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Cameroon na n'ebe ọwụwa Anyanwụ Naijiria, nke nwere ihe dị ka otu nde ndị na-asụrụ ya. Ngambay bụ asụsụ a na-asụkarị n'asụsụ Sara, a na-ejikwa ya dị ka asụsụ azụmahịa n'etiti ndị na-asụrụ asụsụ ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụ ndị Sara Gambai na-asụ ya.

Ngambay nwere usoro okwu nke isiokwu.[1] Suffixes na-egosi ikpe.[1] Enweghị oge; akụkụ a na-egosi site na ọdịiche zuru oke na-ezughị oke.[1] Ndị na-agbanwe aha na-agbaso aha.[1] Usoro ọnụọgụ bụ iri, mana asatọ na itoolu na-egosipụta dị ka iri ewepụta abụọ ya na iri enwepuru otu.[2] Ọ bụ asụsụ ụda nwere ụda atọ: elu, etiti, na ala.[3] E nwere okwu mgbazinye site na Arabic na French.[3]

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

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Mkpụrụ okwu

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Ọnụ Ezé ezé Alveolar Palatal Ọnụ na-eche ihu<br id="mwQA"><br><br><br> Velar
Plosive enweghị olu p t k
kwuru okwu b d ɡ
implosive ɓ ka
tupu ịlụ di ma ọlị mb nd nd͡ʒ ŋɡ
Ihe na-esiri ike s
Ụgbọ imi m n ɲ
Egwu / Flap Ọdịdị r
Akụkụ l
Ihe atụ j w

Mkpụrụ ụdaume / imi

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N'ihu Central Nlaghachi
N'akụkụ m dị ike u ũ
N'etiti etiti ɛ ɛ̃ ɛ̃ ə o õ
Mepee n'etiti ɔ ɔ̃
Emeghe n'afọ a

Enwere ike ịkọwa ụdaume ma ọ bụ nasalised. Diacritics na accents gụnyere elu /á/, etiti /ā/, ala /à/, na nasalised /ã/.[4]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The World Atlas of Language Structures Online: Ngambay. Accessed November, 2008.
  2. Numeral Systems of the World's Languages: Ngambay. Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig. Accessed November, 2008.
  3. 3.0 3.1 50 Lessons in Sara-Ngambay, Volume 1., by Linda J. Thayer, James E. Thayer, Noé Kyambé and Adoum Eloi Gondjé. Indiana University, 1971. Accessed November 2008.
  4. Sarah Moeller (2010). A Brief Grammatical Sketch of Ngambay.