Ngwii language

Ngwii or Ngul is a Bantu language spoken in the Kwilu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Despite having a relatively small speech community, use of the language is prevalent.

Phonology Ngwii has 37 consonants and 7 vowels:

Consonants Bilabial Labio-dental Labiovelar Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Plosive plain , , prenasalized , , , Nasal Fricative plain , , prenasalized , Affricative plain , , prenasalized , , Approximant Lateral Trill

Vowels +FrontCentralBackHighiuMid-highɤMid/Mid-lowe [ɛ]əo [ɔ]Lowa

Numerals Like other Niger-Congo languages, Ngwii has a base ten counting system where numbers after ten use the conjunction "ni" to add another number to reach higher values.

The first 20 numerals in Ngwii are mo ipe isar ini itɛan isom sjambja ɲani ɲa dzum dzum ni mo dzum ni pe dzum ni sar dzum ni ni dzum ni tjan dzum ni som dzum ni sjambja dzum ni ɲani dzum ni iwaj dzum na dzum

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