Английская Википедия:Chokwe language

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Chokwe (also known as Batshokwe, Ciokwe, Kioko, Kiokwe, Quioca, Quioco, Shioko, Tschiokloe or Tshokwe) is a Bantu language spoken by the Chokwe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia. It is recognised as a national language of Angola, where half a million people were estimated to have spoken it in 1991; another half a million speakers lived in the Congo in 1990, and some 20,000 in Zambia in 2010. It is used as a lingua franca in eastern Angola.

Writing system

Шаблон:Expand section Angola's Instituto de Línguas Nacionais (National Languages Institute) has established spelling rules for Chokwe with a view to facilitate and promote its use.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	Шаблон:IPAlink		Шаблон:IPAlink
Close-mid	Шаблон:IPAlink		Шаблон:IPAlink
Open-mid	Шаблон:IPAlink		Шаблон:IPAlink
Open		Шаблон:IPAlink ~ Шаблон:IPAlink

Vowels may also be heard as nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink		(Шаблон:IPAlink)	Шаблон:IPAlink
	voiced	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink		(Шаблон:IPAlink)	Шаблон:IPAlink
	aspirated	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink			Шаблон:IPAlink
	prenasal vd.	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink		(Шаблон:IPAlink)	Шаблон:IPAlink
	prenasal vl.	Шаблон:IPAlink
Affricate	voiceless	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPA	Шаблон:IPAlink
	voiced		Шаблон:IPA	Шаблон:IPAlink
	prenasal		Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink
Fricative	voiceless	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink			Шаблон:IPAlink
	voiced	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink
	prenasal		Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink
Nasal		Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink		Шаблон:IPAlink
Approximant	lateral		Шаблон:IPAlink		Шаблон:IPAlink
	plain				Шаблон:IPAlink	Шаблон:IPAlink

Affricate sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ⁿd͡ʒ/ may also be pronounced as palatal stops [c, ɟ, ᶮɟ].

Tones

Chokwe has three tones as /v́/, /v̀/, and /v̂/.

Examples

English	Chokwe
Good Morning -Response	Menekenu -Mwane
See you	Ndo shimbu yikehe
Goodbye	Salenuho
What is your name?	Jina lie yena iya?
My name is ____	Jina liami ___

External links

• Learn Chokwe on the internet (Mofeko) Omotola Akindipe, Geofrey Kakaula & Alcino Joné

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