Mbelime language Eastern Oti-Volta Gur language of Benin
Mbelime , or Niende , is an Eastern Oti-Volta Gur language of northwestern Benin . Mbelime is spoken by approximately 131,000 people.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Phonology
Consonants
/ɖ / can be realized as [ ɖ ] [ ɭ ] [ ɽ ] /k͡p / tends to be realized as [kw] /m / and /n / assimilate to following consonants, e.g., [ ɳ ] [ ɖ ] [ ŋ ] [ k ] Vowels
Mbelime has 7 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels.
Notes
↑ Mbelime at Ethnologue (subscription required) ↑ Roberts, David; Boyd, Ginger; Merz, Johannes; Vydrin, Valentin (2020). "Quantifying written ambiguities in tone languages: A comparative study of Elip, Mbelime, and Eastern Dan" . Language Documentation & Conservation . 14 : 108– 138. ISSN 1934-5275 . ↑ Merz, Johannes (2017). Frictions et inversion de modernité: Portrait de la Commune de Cobly dans l'Atacora du Bénin (Report). SIL Electronic Working Papers (in French). Vol. 2017– 001. ↑ Sambiéni, N. Bienvenue; Merz, Johannes; Merz, Sharon, eds. (14 December 2023) [22 January 2016]. Dictionnaire mbèlimè . Retrieved 27 August 2024 .
Further reading
Hatfield, Deborah H.; McHenry, Michael (2011). A sociolinguistic survey of the Mbelime language area (Report). SIL Electronic Survey Reports. Vol. 2011– 010. Dallas, TX: SIL International. Kombetto, N. N. Simon; Taouéma, P. K. Philippe; Sanhouegoua, D. Bernard; Merz, Johannes; Sambiéni, N. Bienvenue; Merz, Sharon (2017). Guide de l'orthographe mbèlimè suivant la réforme de 2017 ISBN 978-99919-818-2-6 Melick, Christina M. (2012). Tone in the Mbelime Verb System ISBN 978-1-55671-341-5 Rietkerk, Dieke (2000). "Tone on Mbelime verbs". Cahiers voltaı̈ques/Gur papers . 5 : 141– 147.
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