Ninka | |
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Aninka | |
Nka | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 500 (2020) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aqk |
Glottolog |
anin1242 Aninka |
The Nka language (Ninka, Aninka) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. Mutual intelligibility with the related Gbantu language is low.
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialvelar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | b p | d t | ɟ c | ɡ k | k͡p | |||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Sibilant fricative | z s | ʒ ʃ | ||||||
Non-sibilant fricative | v f | ɣ | h | |||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||
Trill | r | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
front | central | back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | (ə) | o |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
/ə/ is an uncertain transcription, and may be a centralized allophone of /i/. [2]
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