Ngiti language
Central Sudanic language of DR Congo
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Ngiti is a Central Sudanic language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Speakers also refer to themselves as "Southern Lendu", and in talking to outsiders, can say they speak "Kilendu". There are Ngiti communities concentrated south of Bunia.
NativetoCongo (DRC)
EthnicityNgiti people
Native speakers
(100,000 cited 1991)[1]Nilo-Saharan?
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Central Sudanic
- Eastern
- Lendu
- Ngiti
- Lendu
- Eastern
| Ngiti | |
|---|---|
| South Lendu | |
| Ndruna | |
| Native to | Congo (DRC) |
| Ethnicity | Ngiti people |
Native speakers | (100,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | niy |
| Glottolog | ngit1239 |
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | ɖɽ | ɟ | ɡ | ɡ͡b | |
| voiceless | p | t | ʈɽ | c | k | k͡p | ||
| prenasalised | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶯɖɽ | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | ᵑ͡ᵐɡ͡b | ||
| Implosive | voiced | ɓ | ᶑ | ʄ | ||||
| voiceless | ɓ̥ | ᶑ̥ | ʄ̥ | ʔ | ||||
| Affricate | voiced | b͡v | d͡z | |||||
| voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | ||||||
| Fricative | voiced | v | z | |||||
| voiceless | f | s | h | |||||
| prenasalised | ᶬv | ⁿz | ||||||
| Approximant | β | l | r | j | w | |||
Numeral system
Ngiti is reported to have a base-32 number system with base-4 cycles.[3] The usage of base-10 number system is also used. The following is a list of some Ngiti numerals in base-32.
| Number | Numeral | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | atdí | |
| 2 | ɔyɔ | |
| 3 | ɨ̀bhʉ | |
| 4 | ɨ̀fɔ | |
| 5 | imbo | |
| 6 | aza | |
| 7 | àrʉ̀bhʉ̀ | 8-1 |
| 8 | àrʉ̀ | |
| 9 | àrʉ̀gyètdi | 8+1 |
| 10 | ɨdrɛ | |
| 11 | otsi-vi | 12-1 |
| 12 | otsi | |
| 13 | otsi dɔ̀ atdí | 12+1 |
| 14 | otsi dɔ̀ ɔyɔ | 12+2 |
| 15 | ɔpɨ-vi | 16-1 |
| 16 | ɔpɨ | |
| 17 | ɔpɨ dɔ̀ atdí | 16+1 |
| 18 | ɔpɨ dɔ̀ ɔyɔ | 16+2 |
| 19 | àbà-vi | 20-1 |
| 20 | àbà | |
| 24 | àròtsí | |
| 28 | àdzòro | |
| 32 | wǎdhɨ̀ | |
| 64 | ɔyɔ wǎdhɨ̀ | 2×32 |
| 96 | ɨ̀bhʉ wǎdhɨ̀ | 3×32 |
| 128 | ɨ̀fɔ wǎdhɨ̀ | 4×32 |
