Nso harshe

Nsɔ
Lamnsɔ’
Asali a	Cameroon
'Yan asalin magana	240,000 in Cameroon (2005)
Dangin harshen	Nnijer–Kongo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Ring Nsɔ
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3	lns
Glottolog	lamn1239

Lamnso, Lamnsɔ' ) harshe ne na Grassfields na mutanen Nso na yammacin Kamaru . Kadan na iya zama a Najeriya . Yana da manyan nau'ikan sunaye guda goma . Lambar ISO 639-3 ita ce lns. Nso sama da mutane 100,000 ke magana.

Fassarar sauti

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial-<br id="mwLA"><br><br><br></br> maras kyau	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
M / </br> Haɗin kai	mara murya	( p )	t	t͡ʃ	k	k͡p	ʔ
	murya	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
	prenasal vl.		ⁿt	ᶮt͡ʃ	ᵑk	ᵑᵐk͡p
	prenasal vd.	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮd͡ʒ	ᵑɡ	ᵑᵐɡ͡b
Ƙarfafawa	mara murya	f	s	ʃ			( h )
	murya	v			ɣ
	prenasal	ᶬf	ⁿs	ᶮʃ
Taɓa			ɾ
Kusanci			l	j		w

• Dakatar da sautuna /b, t, d, k, ɡ/ na iya samun bambance-bambancen sauti kamar [b͡v, t͡s, d͡z~ɖ͡ʐ, k͡f, ɡ͡v] lokacin faruwa kafin /ə/. Sauti / ɣ, m/ na iya samun bambance-bambance kamar [ɣ͡v, ᶬv] lokacin da suke matsayi ɗaya.
• Sauti /p/ da /h/ suna faruwa ne kawai a cikin interjections, akida ko kalmomin lamuni.
• /p, t, k/ kuma yana iya samun allophones [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ] a cikin matsayi na farko.
• Sautunan fricative na ciki / ᶬf, ⁿs, ᶮʃ / na iya samun allophones azaman sautin prenasal [ᶬp͡f, ⁿt͡s, ᶮt͡ʃ] sauti.
• Sauti /d͡ʒ, ʃ, k, ɡ, m, ŋ/ ana iya larabci su kamar [d͡ʒʷ, ʃʷ, kʷ, ɡʷ, mʷ, ŋʷ] a gaban wasali, kuma yana faruwa ne kawai a cikin harafin farko.

Wasula

	Gaba	Tsakiya	Baya
Kusa	i		u
Tsakar	ɛ ~ e	ə	ɔ ~ o
Bude		a

• Ana tsawaita wasulan kamar /iː, eː, əː, aː, oː, uː/.
• Za a iya jin sautuna /ɛ, ɔ/ a matsayin kusa-tsakiyar [e, o] a cikin bambancin kyauta.
• Ana jin wasulan /i, a, u/ kamar [ɪ, ɜ, ʊ] lokacin kafin / ʔ/ ko sautin hanci.

Tsarin Rubutu

Nso yana amfani da rubutun ƙididdiga bisa ga Janar Alphabet na Harsunan Kamaru (AGLC). An fara ƙirƙira wani rubutun rubutu kafin a gyara shi don bin shawarwarin AGLC.

Nso haruffa

a

b

c

d

e

ə

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

ŋ

o

p

r

s

t

ku

v

w

y

z

ʼ

⟨⟨ bv, dz, gb, gh, gv, gw, jw, kf, kp, kw, mb, mf, mt, mv, nj, ns, nt, ny, ŋg, ŋk, ŋw, sh, ts ⟩ and 7 trigraphs ⟨ ghv, mbv, ndz, nsh, ŋgv, ŋgw, ⟩ . Dogayen wasulan suna nuni ta hanyar ninka wasali ⟨ aa, ee, əə, ii, oo, ⟩ . Ana lura da diphthongs ⟨ ay, ey, əy, oy, uy, ⟩ .

Ana nuna babban sautin tare da tsattsauran lafazi da ƙaramar sautin tare da lafazin kabari akan wasali.

Kalmomi

• Beri wo. Thank you.
• Wiykijuŋ. You are welcome.
• A sahka? What news? (Greeting).
• Sah ka yo dzə. No news (Reply) or M bo sa. I am fine.
• Yirannia. Good morning.
• A sahka mbuni. How did you sleep?
• Aresi nia. Good afternoon.
• yi ginia. Good evening.
• Buni kijuŋ. Sleep well.
• A ber ni kibveshi. Good bye until tomorrow.
• Njemse juŋsi. Sweet dreams.
• Wuna wosa. And to you.
• Nyuy sævi wo. God bless you (Greeting).
• Vishi vejuŋvi. Good luck.
• Ghan kijuŋ. Safe journey.
• Fo mo. Give me.
• A du fe? Where are you going?
• Yir yee dzə la? What is your name?
• Yir yem dzə Lukoŋ. My name is Lukong.
• A dzə wan la? Whose child are you?
• M dzə wan Lukoŋ. I am Lukong's child.
• Fon Nso dze la? Who is the traditional ruler of Nso?
• Jiŋ yar mo. I am hungry.
• Ki loŋ ki yum mo. I am thirsty.
• M koŋ wo. I love you.
• Marir mo. Marry me.
• A du fee. Where are you going?
• Laisin jaiy wom. Forgive me
• M ker kibam. I have a bag
• Kinga ki te'e. The grass is growing
• Tsehti du šo. Shift it further away
• Dze la ven . Who is this?
• Kikoŋnin ki boŋ. Loving is good

Sunayen dabbobi

• baa: leopard
• jwi: dog
• kan: monkey
• kitam: elephant
• bvèreh: lion
• shishuiy: duiker
• bvey: goat
• njii: sheep
• nyaar: buffalo
• buhn: squirrel
• yo: serpent
• kinchiiy: cricket
• taa ngam: spider
• ngam: tarantula
• kuurra: hyena
• ngvev: chicken
• kibev: he-goat
• kibar: lizard
• kiliim: bat

Sauran sunaye

• shuy: sun
• mindzev: water
• ngwa: book
• nanar: pineapple
• lav: house
• kitukelav: roof
• nsaalav: floor
• shulav: door
• ntah: chair
• gham: rug
• nton: cooking pot
• bowl: (typically a small bowl)
• bar: cup
• nkaa: basket
• sum: farm
• minkkah: firewood
• shishuur: pepper
• chinyuu: spoon
• mintanin: junction
• la' cu: house of worship (church)
• kitengteng: vehicle
• sang: rice
• kitukelav: roof
• saav: file
• tu': Irish potato
• mbulam: sweet potato
• kiku': cocoyam
• kingom: banana
• nyam: meat
• mbang: walking stick
• yiy: mom (mother)
• tar: dad (father)
• jemir: sister (relative)
• tamir: brother (relative)
• feer: relative (A general sense. Example: * M dze feer wo: I am your relative)

Alamomi

• lum: hot
• rə : cold
• Dzer: Heavy.
• Sen: Dark.
• Fer: White
• Shi'ir: Bitter.
• Nyom: Sweet
• nyaaŋ: Calm

Magana

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• McGarrity, Laura and Botne, Robert (2001). Between Agreement and Case Marking in Lamnso. IUWPL 3: Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamnso' to Sesotho (2001), edited by Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, pp. 53–70. Bloomington, IN: Noun classes and categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins.