Nga'ka language

The Nga'ka language, or Munga'ka, also known as Bali, is a Grassfields language spoken by the people of Bali Nyonga in Cameroon. They are the descendants of the Chamba of northern Nigeria.[2]

Nga'ka
Bali
Munga'ka
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Bali Nyonga
Ethnicity	Chamba
Native speakers	(50,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo languages Benue–Congo languages Southern Bantoid languages Grassfields Eastern Nun Nga'ka
Dialects	Bati (Ti) Bali (Li) Bandeng (Nde)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mhk
Glottolog	mung1266

Phonology

The sounds of Munga'ka are as follows:[3]

Consonant inventory

	Bilabial		Labialdental		Alveolar		Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
Plosive	p	b			t	d			k	ɡ	ʔ
Nasal		m				n			ŋ
Fricative			f	v	s			ɣ
Affricate					t͡ʃ	d͡ʒ	ʒ
Approximant	w						j
Lateral approximant					l

Vowel inventory

	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ʉ	u
High-Mid		ə	o
Low-Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low	a

References

1. Nga'ka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. "The Chamba Migration and the Origin of Bali Nyonga". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
3. "Mungaka (Fall 2014) | Language Documentation Training Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa". ling.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-07.