Kwasio / Ngumba / Ngoumba

Language name and locationː Kwasio, South region, Cameroon [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 夸斯奥语, 喀麦隆南部大区大洋州及赤道几内亚境内

1. vúùr	21. màwúmmàbà nà vúùr
2. mbá	22. màwúmmàbà nà mbá
3. nlál	23. màwúmmàbà nà nlál
4. nà	24. màwúmmàbà nà nà
5. ntàn	25. màwúmmàbà nà ntàn
6. ntúó	26. màwúmmàbà nà ntúó
7. hɛ́mbʰúèrí	27. màwúmmàbà nà hɛ́mbʰúèrí
8. lòmbì	28. màwúmmàbà nà lòmbì
9. rèbvùà	29. màwúmmàbà nà rèbvùà
10. wùm	30. màwúmàlàl
11. wùm nà vúùr	40. màwúmànà
12. wùm nà mbá	50. màwúmàtàn
13. wùm nà nlál	60. màwúm ntúó
14. wùm nà nà	70. màwúm hɛ́mbʰúèrí
15. wùm nà ntàn	80. màwúm lòmbì
16. wùm nà ntúó	90. màwúm rèbvùà
17. wùm nà hɛ́mbʰúèrí	100. bùéà
18. wùm nà lòmbì	200. bíbùéa bíbá
19. wùm nà rèbvùà	1000. tóɡín <English 'thousand'
20. màwúmmàbà	2000. bòtóɡín bòbá

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Daniel Duke, SIL International, Cameroon, June 24, 2009.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Daniel Duke, 2009 年 6 月 24 日.

Other comments: Kwasio or Ngoumba is spoken by approximately 22,000 speakers in
South region: Océan division, Kribi and Lolodorf subdivisions as well as

Equatorial Guinea,The data are taken from Mvumbo dialect of Kwasio or Ngoumba

language, which is distinct from Ngomba, a Glassfields Bantu language spoken in West Province of Cameroon.

Sounds of Kwasio (Mvoumbo dialect)

Consonants

		Labial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-Velar	pharyngeal	glottal
Stops	voiceless	p		t	c	k	kp		Ɂ
	voiced	b		d	ɟ	g	--
Prenasalized stops	voiceless	mp		nt	ŋc	ŋk	--
	voiced	mb		nd	ɲɟ	ŋg	ŋgb
	voiced aspirated	mbʰ		ndʰ	--	ŋgʰ	--
Nasals		m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Africates	voiceless		pf	ts
	voiced		bv	dz
Fricatives	voiceless		f	s	(ʃ)	χ			h
	voiced		v	z	(Ʒ)	ɣ		ʕ
Trills				r
Laterals				l
Semi-vowels		w, ɥ			j

Notes:

The palatal fricatives [ʃ] and [Ʒ] are free variants of the alveolar fricatives [s] and [z].

The pharyngeal fricative [ʕ] occurs as an off-glide vowels in certain positions.

The vowels are also pharyngealized.

The velar fricatives [χ] and [ɣ] are allophones of the velar stops [k] and [g].

Vowels

i, ʎ		u
e		o
ɛ		ɔ
	ɑ

Notes:

Vowels may be short or long, nasalized, or pharyngealized.

The tones are High, Low, Falling, and Rising.

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