Noni language

Noni language
Noni
Spoken in Cameroon
Native speakers 40,000  (2001–2002)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Southern Bantoid
          • Eastern Beboid
            • Noni
              • Noni
Dialects
Noone
Ncane
Mungong
Writing system Latin alphabet, literacy rate in L2: 25–50%
Language codes
ISO 639-3 either:
nhu – Noone
ncr – Ncane

The Noni language, also called Noone, is an Eastern Beboid language of the Niger–Congo family in Cameroon. The Noone, Ncane, and Mungong varieties are sometimes considered three distinct Noni languages. Ethnologue reports that Ncare is 88% lexically similar with Noone, and 84% with Saari (Nsari).

Noni is the native language to 40,000 people in the country, particularly in the North West Province, the Bui Division and the northwest Kumbo Subdivision. Noone proper was used as the secret language in Indiana Jones.

References

  • Hyman, Larry M. 1980. Noni (Misaje group). L’expansion bantou. Paris: SELAF (no. special 9), 259–274.
  • Hyman, Larry M. 1981. Noni grammatical structure, with special reference to verb morphology. Southern California: Occasional Papers in Linguistics 9. Los Angeles: University of Southern California.
  • Lux, David 2003. Noni provisional lexicon. ms. Yaoundé: SIL
  • Richards, Russell M. 1991. Phonologie de trois langues beboides du Cameroun: Noone, Ncanti et Sari. Thèse pour le doctorat (Arrête du 23 Novembre 1988), Livres I. et II. Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III.

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Noni (disambiguation) — Noni may refer to: Noni, a tree in the family Rubiaceae, or its fruit Noone language, also called Noni or Nooni, a Bantu language People Alda Noni (born 1916), Italian soprano leggiero Anika Noni Rose (born 1972), African American singer and… …   Wikipedia

  • The Princess and the Frog — Original theatrical release poster …   Wikipedia

  • Dreamgirls (film) — Dreamgirls Theatrical release poster Directed by Bill Condon Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • Beboid languages — Infobox Language family name=Beboid region=Southwest Cameroon, southeast Nigeria familycolor=Niger Congo fam2=Atlantic Congo fam3=Volta Congo fam4=Benue Congo fam5=Bantoid fam6=Southern BantoidThe Beboid languages are Southern Bantoid spoken… …   Wikipedia

  • MOZES — MOZES, family of Israeli press magnates. The Mozes family played a major role in the Israeli press in the second half of the 20th century. From its flagship daily newspaper, Yedioth Aharonoth, through its subsidiary enterprises including a chain… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Clowning Around — Directed by George Whaly Starring Clayton Williamson Annie Byron Jean Michel Dagory Ernie Dingo Van Johnson Rebecca Smart Noni Hazlehurst Jill Perryman Heath Ledger …   Wikipedia

  • Hi-5 (Australian TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Hi 5 caption = Hi 5 Logo genre = Children s Edu tainment camera = picture format = 576i (SDTV) audio format = Stereo runtime = Variable creator = Helena Harris Posie Graeme Evans developer = producer = Kris Noble… …   Wikipedia

  • Niue — Niuē …   Wikipedia

  • Bagong Buwan — Infobox Film name = Bagong Buwan (New Moon) caption = Bagong Buwan director = Marilou Diaz Abaya producer = Bahaghai Productions/Star Cinema/Charo Santos Concio; Margie Moran Floirendo writer = Jun Lana Ricardo Lee starring = Cesar Montano Amy… …   Wikipedia

  • Tahiti — is famous for black sand beaches. Geography …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”