| 词条 | Ngwe language |
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|name=Ngwe |nativename= |states=Cameroon |region= |speakers={{sigfig|73200|2}} |date=2001 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Benue–Congo |fam4=Southern Bantoid |fam5=Grassfields |fam6=Eastern |fam7=Bamiléké |fam8=Bamboutos |iso3=nwe |glotto=ngwe1238 |glottorefname=Ngwe }} Ngwe (Ŋwɛh, Nweh) is a Grassfields language spoken predominately in Lebialem, Cameroon. As of 2001, Ngwe had 73,200 speakers, which was an increase from the numbers of previous censuses. It is part of the Bamileke dialect continuum, and its closest relatives are Yemba and Ngiemboon. PhonologyVowelsIt has at least thirteen vowels, {{IPA|/i y e ɛ æ ɐ ɑ ɔ o u ɯ ɤ ʌ/}}.[1] /ɤ ʌ/ are centralised.[1] /y/ sounds somewhat like [ø] or [œ] and has a tongue position similar to that of /ɑ/, but with the jaw raised and the lips very close together.[1] References1. ^1 2 Ladefoged, Peter. [https://books.google.nl/books?hl=nl&lr=&id=yRGP5-gzxYUC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&ots=B2lXAoSPgz&sig=I5FtdbrEqJHDdrlZoFt0GM5FbhE#v=onepage&q=ngwe&f=false A Phonetic Study of West African Languages: An Auditory-instrumental Survey]. Cambridge University Press, 1968, pp. 33–36. External links
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