Nyaneka or Haneca is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...
of
Angola
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. The
Ngambwe "dialect" is now considered a distinct language.
Phonology
Consonants
Consonants are palatalized when in combination with /j/;
/pʲ, tʲ, vʲ~ʋʲ, nʲ, lʲ, ᵐ̥pʰʲ, ⁿ̥tʰʲ, ᵑ̥kʰʲ, ⁿdʲ/.
Consonants are labialized when in combination with /w/;
/pʷ, tʷ, nʷ, lʷ, ᵐ̥pʰʷ, ⁿ̥tʰʷ, ᵑ̥kʰʷ, ᵐbʷ/.
*/s/ is heard as
�in the dialects spoken in Quilenges, Chilenge.
*Affricate sounds /tʃ, ᶮ̥tʃ, ᶮdʒ/ may also range to palatal plosive sounds
, ᶮ̥c, ᶮɟin free variation among speakers.
*/v/ may also be heard as a labio-dental approximant
�in free variation.
Vowels
Sample text
SAMPLE TEXT
''Okulikuambela apeho,” oyo onkhalelo tupondola okulekesa okuti tuna ekolelo liotyotyili''
TRANSLATION
To “pray constantly” in this way shows we have genuine faith
References
External links
Largest Nyaneka-Humbi resource on the internet (Mofeko)Omotola Akindipe & Tchahewa Tuquei Nkinda Culungo
Southwest Bantu languages
Languages of Angola
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