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Nyaneka language
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| Nyaneka | |
|---|---|
| Lunyaneka, Olunyaneka | |
| Native to | Angola |
| Region | Huila, Namibia, Namibe, Luanda, Benguela etc. . . |
Native speakers | 1.6 million (2024)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nyk |
| Glottolog | nyan1305 |
R.13[2] | |
Nyaneka or Haneca is a Bantu language of Angola. The Ngambwe "dialect" is now considered a distinct language.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | tʃ ~ c | k | |
| prenasal vl. | ᵐ̥pʰ | ⁿ̥tʰ | ᶮ̥tʃ ~ ᶮ̥c | ᵑ̥kʰ | ||
| prenasal vd. | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮdʒ ~ ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | |||
| voiced | v ~ ʋ | ɦ | ||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
Consonants are palatalized when in combination with /j/;
/pʲ, tʲ, vʲ~ʋʲ, nʲ, lʲ, ᵐ̥pʰʲ, ⁿ̥tʰʲ, ᵑ̥kʰʲ, ⁿdʲ/.
Consonants are labialized when in combination with /w/;
/pʷ, tʷ, nʷ, lʷ, ᵐ̥pʰʷ, ⁿ̥tʰʷ, ᵑ̥kʰʷ, ᵐbʷ/.
- /s/ is heard as [ʃ] in the dialects spoken in Quilenges, Chilenge.
- Affricate sounds /tʃ, ᶮ̥tʃ, ᶮdʒ/ may also range to palatal plosive sounds [c, ᶮ̥c, ᶮɟ] in free variation among speakers.
- /v/ may also be heard as a labio-dental approximant [ʋ] in free variation.[3]
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Sample text
[edit]SAMPLE TEXT
Okulikuambela apeho,” oyo onkhalelo tupondola okulekesa okuti tuna ekolelo liotyotyili
TRANSLATION
To “pray constantly” in this way shows we have genuine faith
References
[edit]- ^ "Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação - 2024" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2025-11-20.
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Halme, Riikka (2011). Creating a common orthography for Nyaneka-Nkumbi. In Christina Thornell and Karsten Legère (eds.), North-South Contributions to African Languages: Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe. pp. 95–109.
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External links
[edit]- Largest Nyaneka-Humbi resource on the internet (Mofeko) Omotola Akindipe & Tchahewa Tuquei Nkinda Culungo
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