Njebi (or Nzebi, Njabi, Ndzabi, Yinjebi, etc.) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
Njebi | |
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Yinjebi | |
Native to | Gabon, Republic of Congo |
Ethnicity | Banjabi, Bongo |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2000–2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nzb |
Glottolog | njeb1242 |
B.52 [2] |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
Affricate | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | |
voiced | β | z | (ʒ) | ||
prenasal | ᶬv | ⁿz | ⁿʒ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Rhotic | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː | |
Close-mid | e eː | ə | o oː |
Open-mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
Open | a aː |
Vowel sounds may also be heard as tense in different positions.
Gabonese singer SeBa's writes and sings her songs in the Njebi language.[4]