Ngaʼka is a member of the Eastern Grasslands branch of the Southern Bantoid language family. It is spoken by about 50,000 people in Bali Nyonga, a town in the southwest of the Nortwest Region of Cameroon.
Ngaʼka is also known as Ngaaka, Mungaka, Bali-Nyonga, Mungaʼka or Bali. Dialects include Bali (Ti), Bali (Li) and Bandeng (Nde). It is written with the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Ngaʼka (Excel)
Details of the Ngaʼka alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)
Ngaʼka has tones, although tone marking appears to be optional when writing. There may be more than one spelling system for Ngaʼka.
Me ni tsatio ka Maria, u lun ne gratia, tita bij. Mboniket be mbo u matcho bingwi, ni mboniket be mbo tam mbum u, Jesus. Maria nsangniket, ma Nikob, mbumbo mbi bü gang bü,ndio, ni ndib ku yi. A be me.
Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Jesis. Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Source: https://www.language-museum.com/encyclopedia/m/mungaka.php
Information about Ngaʼka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngaʼka_language
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mung1266
http://www.language-archives.org/language/mhk
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 05.12.25. Last modified: 05.12.25
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