Ngebim [NGBM]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ngebim
Ngebim is a conlang inspired by African languages such as Yoruba, Fula or Wolof.
featuring
• high × low tone
• split-ergativity
• subject and object marking on the verb
• ejectives and implosives
• ɛ ɔ × e̝ o̝
featuring
• high × low tone
• split-ergativity
• subject and object marking on the verb
• ejectives and implosives
• ɛ ɔ × e̝ o̝
Sample of Ngebim[view] Tsóm, ŋẹ́ŋkʼiŋẹ́a tióhál ŋgagíiloáy ŋgatsíɗalháe ɗátʼáɗeé-siw mámbi?
But how does the thousandth banana kill you?[view all texts]
But how does the thousandth banana kill you?[view all texts]
Sound samples in Ngebim
Some sound samples of Ngebim. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Kímií kán'yẹ́hi la ámamʻẹ́y'wẹ́ ŋọl iny, yambéo tíẹŋannyá tso.
Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.Warning: Link provided is not a supported filetype (wav, ogg, mp3). You can navigate to the link provided at your own risk.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | Other | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b ᵐb | t tʼ | d ⁿd | c cʼ | ɟ ᶮɟ | k kʼ | g ᵑg | ʔ | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | x | h | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ɬ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ɰ | ɥ | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ̪ | ||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i í | |||||||||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ́ | ʊ ʊ́ | ||||||||
| Close-mid | [ɘ]1 [ɘ́]2 | |||||||||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ́ | ɔ ɔ́ | ||||||||
| Open | ä ä́ | |||||||||
- allophone of /i/
- allophone of /í/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ngebim. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NgebimOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Áá/ä́/ | Aa/ä/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | DY dy/ɟ/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | Ẹẹ/ɛ/ | Éé/ɪ́/ | Ee/ɪ/ | Ẹ́ ẹ́/ɛ́/ | Ff/ɸ/ |
| Gg/g/ | Hh/h/ | HW hw/ɰ/ | Íí/í/, [ɘ́] | Ii/i/, [ɘ] | Kk/k/ | Kʼ kʼ/kʼ/ | Ll/l/ | LH lh/ɬ/ | LY ly/ʎ/ | Mm/m/ |
| MB mb/ᵐb/ | Nn/n/ | ND nd/ⁿd/ | NDY ndy/ᶮɟ/ | NY ny/ɲ/ | Ọọ/ɔ/ | Óó/ʊ́/ | Oo/ʊ/ | Ọ́ ọ́/ɔ́/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ |
| Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TH th/t͡ɬ/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TY ty/c/ | TYʼ tyʼ/cʼ/ | Tʼ tʼ/tʼ/ | Vv/β/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/j/ |
| YW yw/ɥ/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | ŊG ŋg/ᵑg/ | Ɓɓ/ɓ/ | Ɗɗ/ɗ̪/ | ʻ/ʔ/ | ||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||||
