Oroko language
Bantu dialect cluster spoken in Cameroon
Oroko | |
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Balondo | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Southwest and Kribi |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bdu |
Glottolog | orok1266 |
A.101 (ex-A.11,12) [2] |
Oroko, also Bakundu-Balue or Balundu-Bima, is a Sawa Bantu dialect cluster spoken in Cameroon.
Varieties are Kundu/Nkundu (Lokundu, Bakundu), Lue (Lolue, Balue), Mbonge, Ekombe, Londo (Londo ba Nanga; cf. Londo), Londo ba Diko, Ngolo (Longolo; cf. Ngolo dialect), Bima, Tanga (Lotanga, Batanga), and Koko (Lokoko, Bakoko: distinct from Bakoko language). Maho (2009) treats these as ten distinct languages.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal | Velar | Labial- velar | |||
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plain | lab. | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | kʷ[a] | k͡p | |
voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡʷ | ||||
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮd͡ʒ | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡʷ[b] | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | ||
Fricative | voiceless | ɸ[c] | f | s | ||||
voiced/pren. | β[d] | ᶬf, ᶬv[e] | ||||||
prenasal | ⁿf[f], ⁿv[g] | |||||||
Liquid | l ~ r | |||||||
Approximant | j | w |
- ^ is heard in the dialects of Londo, Lokundu, Longolo, Lokoko, Lotanga.
- ^ is heard in the Lotanga dialect.
- ^ is a realization of /f/ across dialects.
- ^ is a realization of /b/ across dialects.
- ^ is heard in the Longolo dialect.
- ^ is heard in the Lokoko dialect.
- ^ is heard in the Bima and Londo dialects.
- [r] is used interchangeably with /l/ among speakers.[3]
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
Writing system
a | b | c | ɗ | e | ɛ | f | i | j | k | kp | m | mb | n | nd | ng | ngb | nj | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | s | t | u | w | y |
References
- ^ Oroko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Friesen, Dan T. (2002). Oroko orthography development: Linguistic and sociolinguistic factors. University of North Dakota.
- ^ Oroko Language Development Committee (OLDC) (November 2004). ABC wa Oroko - The Oroko alphabet chart. OLDC.
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