AsụsụIzere
Izere bụ asụsụ na-aga n'ihu nke asụsụ Plateau na Naịjirịa. Dị ka Blench si kwuo (2008), ọ bụ asụsụ anọ, ọ bụ ezie na Ethnologue anaghị eme ka ọdịiche dị na-etiti NW na NE Izere. A na-asụ ụdị Cen na Ganang naanị 2000 nke ọ bụla. Cen agbakwunyere prefixes nke Berom na consonant alternation na isi Izere.
Asụsụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Blench (2019) edepụtago asụsụ Izere ndị a.[1]
- Fobur
- Ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ (Federe)
- Ndịda (Foron)
- Ichèn
- Faishang
- Ganang
Ọmụmụ ụdaolu
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ndepụta ụdaume Izere gụnyere ụdaume 29 na ụdaume asaa ma na-eme ka ụdaolu atọ dị iche; ụda olu abụọ ọzọ na-apụta naani obere oge, na okwu ndị a gbazitere na n'ihi onomatopoeia.[2]
Mkpụrụ okwu
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A na-egosi ụdaume nke Izere na tebụlu na-esonụ.
| Akụkụ abụọ | Ọgwụ ezé | Alveolar | Ọkpụkpụ akpịrị | Palatal | Velar | Akpịrị ọnụ | Ọkụ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwụsị | p b | t d | c j | k ɡ | k͡p ɡ͡b | |||
| Ụgbọ imi | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋ͡m | |||
| Ihe na-atọ ụtọ | (r) | |||||||
| Ihe na-esiri ike | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | h | ||||
| Africate | ts | |||||||
| Ihe atụ | y, ɥ | w | ||||||
| Akụkụ | l |
Mkpụrụedemede
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A na-egosi ụdaume nke Izere na tebụl na-esonụ.
| N'ihu | Nlaghachi | |
|---|---|---|
| N'akụkụ | i | u |
| N'etiti etiti | e | o |
| Mepee n'etiti | ɛ | |
| Emeghe | a | |
Ụda Akụrụngwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]E nwere ọkwa atọ (L, M & H) na abụọ contour tonemes (LM & HL) na Izere; abụọ ikpeazụ a na-ahụ naanị na okwu mgbazinye na onomatopoeia.
Ihe odide
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Blench (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages, 4th, Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Blench. Dictionary of the Izere language.
- Blench (2008) Prospecting proto-Plateau. Ihe odide.