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Nateni
Native toBenin
EthnicityGurma
Native speakers110,000 (2021)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
 Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-3ntm
Glottolognate1242

Nateni (Natemba) is a language of the Gurma people spoken in Benin. It is named after its principal dialect; the others are Tayari (Tayaba), Kunteni (Kuntemba), Okoni (Okoma).

Writing system

Alphabet
uppercase A B C D E Ɛ F H I K Kp M N O Ɔ P S T U W Y
lowercase a b c d e ɛ f h i k kp m n o ɔ p s t u w y

The low tone is indicated with the grave accent and the high tone with the acute accent on the vowel ⟨à è ɛ̀ ì ò ɔ̀ ù á é ɛ́ í ó ɔ́ ú⟩ or the syllabic n ⟨ǹ ń⟩. The nasalization is indicated with the help of the tilde under the vowel ⟨a̰ ɛ̰ ḭ ɔ̰ ṵ⟩ which can be combined with the acute or grave accent indicating the tone ⟨á̰ ɛ̰́ ḭ́ ɔ̰́ ṵ́ à̰ ɛ̰̀ ḭ̀ ɔ̰̀ ṵ̀⟩.

References

  1. Nateni at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) [REDACTED]
  2. "Nateni written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters". ScriptSource.org.
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