Ninka language

Ninka
Aninka
Nka
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	500 (2020)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Ninzic Ninka
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aqk
Glottolog	anin1242  Aninka

The Nka language (Ninka, Aninka) is a Plateau language of Nigeria. Mutual intelligibility with the related Gbantu language is low.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of Ninka^[2]

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labialvelar	Glottal
Plosive	b p		d t		ɟ c	ɡ k	k͡p
Nasal	m		n			ŋ
Sibilant fricative			z s	ʒ ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative		v f				ɣ		h
Approximant					j		w
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

Vowels

Vowels of Ninka^[2]

	front	central	back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e	(ə)	o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

/ə/ is an uncertain transcription, and may be a centralized allophone of /i/.^[2]

References

• Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Manuscript.

1. Ninka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Blench, Roger (19 October 2011). "The Ninka language of Central Nigeria and its affinities" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)