Mbe language

mbe

asụsụ, modern language

obere ụdị nke	Southern Bantu
mba/obodo	Naijiria
ụmụ amaala ka	Ȯra Cross River, Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)
Ọkwa asụsụ Ethnologue	5 Na-etolite

Mbe bụ asụsụ ndị Mbube nke Ogoja, na mpaghara Cross River State nke Naijiria na-asụ di ka asusu ha, nke dị ihe dị ka mmadụ 14,300 na 1973. Dị ka onye ikwu kacha nso nke ezinụlọ Ekoid nke asụsụ Southern Bantoid, Mbe dị nso na asụsụ Bantu. Ọ bụ ụda ma nwee usoro aha aha nke Niger-Congo.

Mkpụrụedemede igbo

Mkpụrụedemede igbo bụ i e ɛ a ɔ o u a ɔ o u.

Mkpụrụ okwu

Mbe nwere ndepụta ụdaume dị mgbagwoju anya ma e jiri ya tụnyere asụsụ Ekoid, ikekwe n'ihi kọntaktị sitere na asụsụ Upper Cross River ndị agbata obi ha.

Mkpụrụ okwu Mbe niile ma e wezụga labialʹvelars (databox) na n nwere ibe labialised. (//jʷ// bụ [ɥ].) Na mgbakwunye, nkwụsị ndị na-abụghị labialised (m p b k ɡ; palatalised ŋ ga-abụ ɲ) na mmiri (l r) nwere ibe palatalised.

m mw mj	n	ɲw	ŋ ŋw
p pw pj	t abụọ		K na-ekwukarị	kp
b b b b bj	d dw		ɡw ɡj	ɡb
	ts tsw	tʃ tʃw
	dz dz dzw	dʒ dʒw
f fw	s sw	ʃ ʃw
	r rw lj
	l lw lj	j jw		w

E nwere ụdaume ole na ole na-apụta naanị na ideophones, dị ka //fʲ hʲ//.

Ihe ọzọ na-adọrọ mmasị dị n'etiti fortis na lenis //kʷ//. Fortis (ogologo?) /kwā/ ọkara-gbasa ụdaum/e/ na-esonụ dịka /e/, ebe lenis /kwā / emeghị. Ọdịiche a nwere ike ịla n'iyi. (Blench)

Ụda

Ụda dị elu, dị ala, na-arị elu, na-ada na ala; na-arịgo ma na-ada nwere ike ịbụ usoro ụda.

Edensibia

• Roger Blench, 'Ekoid' (ya na Mbe)