Pinyin language

Pinyin
Pinyin
Region	Northwest Region, Cameroon
Native speakers	25,000 (2001)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Ngemba Pinyin; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pny
Glottolog	piny1238
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Pinyin bụ asụsụ Grassfields nke ihe dị ka mmadụ 27,000 na-asụ na Northwest Region nke Cameroon.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Mkpụrụ okwu

Mkpụrụ okwu
Phoneme	Allophones	Gburugburu ebe obibi	Orthography
p	p		⟨p⟩
	ph	Tupu /u/ na mkpụrụedemede mepere emepe.	⟨p⟩
	b	Mgbe e mesịrị.	⟨b⟩
	β	N'etiti ụdaume n'ime mgbọrọgwụ.	⟨b⟩
t	t		⟨t⟩
k	k	Mmalite nke okwu na mgbọrọgwụ n'ime okwu, na mgbe / Ā/ gasịrị.	⟨k⟩
k	ʔ	Naanị C dị na njedebe nke okwu.	⟨’⟩
kw	kw		⟨kw⟩
l	l	Na mgbọrọgwụ.	⟨l⟩
	ɾ	N'okpuru.	⟨r⟩
	d	Mgbe e mesịrị.	⟨d⟩
ɣ	ɣ		⟨ɡh⟩
ɣ	ɡ	Mgbe e mesịrị.	⟨ɡ⟩
ɣw	ɡw	Mgbe e mesịrị.	⟨ɡw⟩
f	f		⟨f⟩
s	s	/ts/ mgbe /ī/ gasịrị.	⟨s⟩
ts	ts	/ts/ mgbe /ī/ gasịrị.	⟨ts⟩
z	z		⟨z⟩
z	dz	Mgbe e mesịrị.	⟨z⟩
ʃ	ʃ	/tʃ/ mgbe /[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]] gasịrị.	⟨sh⟩
tʃ	tʃ	/tʃ/ mgbe /[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]] gasịrị.	⟨ch⟩
ʒ	ʒ		⟨zh⟩
ʒ	dʒ	Mgbe e mesịrị.	⟨j⟩
m	m		⟨m⟩
n	n		⟨n⟩
ɲ	ɲ		⟨ny⟩
ŋ	ŋ		⟨ŋ⟩
Ihe omuma	m̩ n̩ ŋ̍	Homorganic na-esote C. Na-ebu ụda.	⟨m⟩, ⟨n⟩
w	w		⟨w⟩
N'ihi ya, ọ bụ n'ihi ya ka a na-eme	N'ihi ya, ọ bụ n'ihi ya ka a na-eme		⟨ẅ⟩
j	j		⟨y⟩

py (mby), ly (ndy), ty, ky, ngy, my, kī, ngī (= /kwj, ɡwj/)

pw (mbw), lw (ndw), tw, tsw, chw, shw, sw, zw, zhw, nw, nyw, ŋw

Mgbọrọgwụ niile nke aha na ngwaa na-amalite na ụdaume; ụdaume mbido bụ prefixes. Naanị /a, ɨ/ na-apụta na prefixes ma ọ bụ na mmalite nke okwu, ọ bụkwa naanị //ə// na-eme na suffixes. //ɨ, y/, y/ anaghị apụta na njedebe nke okwu.

Mkpụrụedemede
Phoneme	Orthography
i	i
na	N'anya
Ọ bụ	na
a	a
Ọ bụ n'af��	o
u	u
ə	ə
Ọdịdị	Ọdịdị

Udaume ogologo niile amaara nwere ike ịpụta n'etiti etiti ma ọ bụ na nsọtụ okwu, ọ nweghị nke na mbido, n'agbanyeghị ogologo /ɛ, y/ anaghị agba akaebe. A na-ede ụdaume ogologo okpukpu abụọ: aa, əə, ii, ‿ɨɨ, oo, uu. Diphthongs ie, iə, ʉə, ɨə, uə were otu ụda.

Ụda dị elu, etiti, dị ala, na-ebili, na-ada. E dere ha dị ka na IPA, ewezuga ala, nke a na-edeghị: á ā a ǎ â. Ụda dara ada bụ nke ukwuu na suffixes, na ụda ịrị elu dị ụkọ, a na-ahụ naanị na aha ole na ole dị ka tǎ 'nna'.

↑ Pinyin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[e18-1] Pinyin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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