Kanembu language
Kanembu | |
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Native to | Chad |
Ethnicity | Kanembu |
Native speakers | 460,000 (2006)[1] |
Early form | Old Kanembu
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kbl |
Glottolog | kane1243 |
Linguasphere | 02-AAA-b |
Kanembu is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Chad by the Kanembu people. It is closely related to Kanuri.
Writing system[]
Kanembu is written with the Latin script alphabet.
a | b | c | d | e | ə | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | r | s | t | u | w | y |
The letters ⟨â, ê, î, ô, û⟩ are also used. The orthography also uses the digraphs ⟨mb, nd, ng, nj⟩.
The Ajami script was used for Kanembu, since the time of Dunama Dabbalemi, and still today in the Tarjumo language or in religious works.
1. A ( ٱ ) – Aliou |
2. B (پ) – Bah |
3. T (ت)- tah |
4. Ŝ ( ث ) – Thouma-tholodou |
5. G ( ج ) – Djoum |
6. H ( ح ) Hah ngandou |
7. Ĥ ( (خ ) Ha Intchia |
8. D ( د ) – daal |
9. Ď ( ذ ) – Zal |
10. R ( ر ) – Rah |
11. Z (ز ) – Zay |
12. S ( س ) – Souni Ngandou |
13. Ĉ (ش ) – Souni Intchia |
14. Ŝ (ص ) – Saddou |
15. Ś (ض ) – Daddou |
16. Ť ( ط ) – tamouska |
17. Ž (ظ ) – Zadoumouska |
18. Ā ( ع ) – Aayne |
19. Ġ ( غ ) – Ga-guine |
20. F ( ف )- Fah |
21. Q ( ق ) – Kowmi |
22. K ( ك ) – Kolossour |
23. L ( ل ) – Langatou |
24. M ( م ) – Mougouri |
25. N ( ڽ ) – Nonowdou |
26. Ħ (ه ) – Hadjara |
27. W ( و ) – Wow |
28. Y ( ي )– Yakissou |
Notes[]
- ^ Kanembu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ SIL Chad 2017a.
- ^ SIL Chad 2017b.
References[]
- Jouannet, Francis (1977). "Essai d'inventaire phonétique du parler kanembou des Ngaldoukou du Sud-Kanem". In Caprile, Jean-Pierre (ed.). Études phonologiques tchadiennes. Paris: SELAF. pp. 129–143. ISBN 2-85297-019-8.
- Jouannet, Francis (1982). Le kanembou des Ngaldoukou : langue saharienne parlée sur les rives septentrionales du lac Tchad : phonématique et prosodie. Paris: SELAF. ISBN 2-85297-129-1.
- Lukas, Johannes (1931). Die Sprache der Káidi-Kanembú in Kanem. Hamburg: C. Boysen.
External links[]
Categories:
- Saharan languages
- Languages of Chad
- Chad stubs
- Nilo-Saharan language stubs