Ngiemboon (Ngiembɔɔn)

Ngiemboon is a member of the Bamileke branch of the Eastern Grasslands group of the Southern Bantoid languages. It is spoken by about 250,000 people mainly in the department of Bamboutos in the northwest of the West Region of Cameroon. In particular, it is spoken in the Bangang, Batcham, Balatchi and Bamougong Groupements.

Ngiemboon is also known as Ngiemboon-Bamileke. Dialects of Ngiemboon include Batcham, Balatchi and Bamoungong. It is written with the Latin script using a spelling system based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages, which was created in the late 1970s.

Ngiemboon alphabet and pronunciation

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

Sample text

Yěsô lêen ńké ńgɔɔn mbwo ngàŋa kwò yé ngie: Pi lɔɔn ne sẅíŋte Ssé, pi gɔɔn ngie: Tá weg, gÿǒ ngie pʉ̀a mesoŋ gu’te lezíŋ shú, ḿbiŋ ńgÿo *lefùɔ shú tó
ńgwɔ́ lyɛ̌’ ntsèm, ńnáa yég mmó léjÿó gie á ge ku’u ná peg á nà lyɛ̌’ɔɔn
lege menò tepòŋ még ńná né peg, Mélà’mie peg ne ńdege yég ńnáa mbwo pʉ̀a pie pɔ́ fʉ̌a nò mbwo peg. Tè zẅíŋ ngie peg kúu tsɛ̀ɛ nkwà’te.

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/299/LUK.11.NGBM

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample video

Information about Ngiemboon | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about Ngiemboon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngiemboon_language
https://www.webonary.org/ngiemboon/overview/introduction/?lang=en
A Phonological Sketch of Ngiemboon-Bamileke
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/nnh

Grassfields languages

Aghem, Ambele, Awing, Baba, Babanki, Bambalang, Bamukumbit, Bamum, Bamunka, Bangolan, Feʼfeʼ, Fut, Ghomalaʼ, Kenswei Nsei, Kom, Kwaʼ, Limbum, Mfumte, Mmen, Ndemli, Ngaʼka, Ngiemboon, Ngomba, Ngombale, Nso, Oku, Vengo, Yamba, Yemba

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 06.12.25. Last modified: 08.09.26

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