Ndoola (laˊ ndòòlaˋ)

Ndoola is spoken by about 63,000 people mainly in Nigeria and also in Cameroon. It is possibly a member of the Mambiloid branch of the Benue-Congo language family. It is spoken particularly in Kurmi, Bali, Gashaka, Donga and Sardauna LGAs in Taraba State in southeastern Nigera, and in the Mayo Baleo subdivision of the Faro-et-Déo department in the west of the Adamawa Region, and in the Donga-Mantung department in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

Ndoola is also known as Ndola, Ndoro, Ndooro, or Nundoro. Ndoola speakers call their language laˊ ndòòlaˋ or ndòòlaˋ. It is known as Njoyame or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon.

Ndoola alphabet

Ndoola alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Ndoola (Excel)
Details of the Ndoola alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)

Sample video

Information about Ndoola | Numbers

Links

Information about Ndoola
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndoro_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndoola
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ndoo1241
http://www.language-archives.org/language/ndr
https://www.scribd.com/document/532066249/Ndoola-wordlist

Bantoid languages

Abon, Bafanji, Bebe, Bekwarra, Daka, Ipulo, Isu, Jagham, Jarawa, Kemezung, Kenyang, Ki, Koshin, Kung, Mambila, Mbe, Mbuʼ, Medumba, Metaʼ, Mundabli-Mufu, Mundani, Mungbam, Naki, Ndoola, Ngwo, Noni, Nizaa, Pinyin, Saari, Tiv, Vute, Weh, Yambeta

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created on 19.05.26. Last modified: 08.06.26

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