Ndoro language

Ndoola (Ndoro) or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon^[2] is a Bantoid language of Nigeria, with several thousand speakers in Cameroon. It is either among or related to the Mambiloid languages.

Ndoro
Ndoola
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Ethnicity	Ndola people
Native speakers	63,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Mambiloid? Ndoro–Fam Ndoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ndr
Glottolog	ndoo1241
ELP	Ndoola

Phonology

Consonants^[3]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
				oral	labialised
Plosive	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k g	kʷ gʷ	ʔ
Prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿdʒ	ᵑg	ᵑgʷ
Fricative	f v	s z	ʃ			h
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Approximant	w	l, r	ʎ, j

Vowels^[3]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ	u uː
Mid-high	e eː	ə	o oː
Mid-low	ɛ ɛː		ɔ
Low		a aː

Ndoro also has five tones;^[3] high, mid, low, falling, and rising.

References

1. Ndoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
3. Blench, Roger; Connell, Bruce (2014). A preliminary assessment of Ndoola (Ndoro).