Ngiemboon language

Ngiemboon
Ngyɛmbɔɔŋ
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Province de l'Ouest, Bamboutos
Native speakers	250,000 BOCOWI (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Bamiléké West Bamileke Bamboutos Ngiemboon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nnh
Glottolog	ngie1241

The Ngiemboon (N'Jhamboon) language, Ngyɛmbɔɔŋ, is one of a dozen Bamileke languages spoken in Cameroon. Its speakers are located primarily within the department of Bamboutos in the West Region of Cameroon.

Dialects are Batcham (Basham), Balatchi (Balaki) and Bamoungong (Bamongoun).

Alphabet

Alphabet based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

Uppercase
A	B	C	D	E	Ɛ	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	Ŋ	O	Ɔ	P	R	Pf	S	Sh	T	Ts	U	Ʉ	V	W	Ẅ	Y	Ÿ	Z	ʼ
Lowercase
a	b	c	d	e	ɛ	f	g	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	ŋ	o	ɔ	p	r	pf	s	sh	t	ts	u	ʉ	v	w	ẅ	y	ÿ	z	ʼ

Phonology

The consonants are:

	Labial	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Plosive	p b		t d		k g
Affricate		pf	ts
Fricative		f v	s z
Approximant	w			j	ɰ
Labial Approximant					ɥ

The vowels are /a/, /ɔ/, /ε/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/.

Ngiemboon is a tonal language, and uses the high tone /˦/, the low tone /˨/, the falling tone /˥˩/, and the rising tone /˩˥/.

External links

• Database of audio recordings in Ngiemboon - basic Catholic prayers