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(Redirected from Njoyame language) Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria

Ndoro
Ndoola
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Ethnicity	Ndola people
Native speakers	63,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Mambiloid? Ndoro–Fam Ndoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ndr`
Glottolog	`ndoo1241`
ELP	Ndoola

Ndoola (Ndoro) or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon is a Bantoid language of Nigeria, with several thousand speakers in Cameroon. It is either among or related to the Mambiloid languages.

Phonology

Consonants
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	oral	labialised	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k g	kʷ gʷ	ʔ
Prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿdʒ	ᵑg	ᵑgʷ
Fricative	f v	s z	ʃ			h
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Approximant	w	l, r	ʎ, j

Ndoro also has five tones; high, mid, low, falling, and rising.

Ndoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
^ Blench, Roger; Connell, Bruce (2014). A preliminary assessment of Ndoola (Ndoro).

v t e Northern Bantoid languages
Dakoid	Dong (Donga) Gaa (Tiba) Taram Daka
Mambiloid	Nizaa (Suga) Kwanja Twendi Mbongno Mvanip (Mvano) Somyev Ndunda Mambila Tep Vute Wawa ? Ndoola (Ndoro) ? Fam
Other	Tikar

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