Nyaneka language

Nyaneka or Haneca is a Bantu language of Angola. The Ngambwe "dialect" is now considered a distinct language.

Nyaneka
Lunyaneka, Olunyaneka
Native to	Angola
Region	Huila, Namibia, Namibe, Luanda, Benguela etc. . .
Native speakers	(300,000 to 1.2 million cited 1996 and undated)[1] incl. Ngambwe, Muila
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest Southwest Bantu Nyaneka
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nyk
Glottolog	nyan1305
Guthrie code	R.13[2]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ ~ c	k
	prenasal vl.	ᵐ̥pʰ	ⁿ̥tʰ	ᶮ̥tʃ ~ ᶮ̥c	ᵑ̥kʰ
	prenasal vd.	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮdʒ ~ ᶮɟ	ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s
	voiced	v ~ ʋ				ɦ
Approximant				j	w
Lateral			l

Consonants are palatalized when in combination with /j/;
/pʲ, tʲ, vʲ~ʋʲ, nʲ, lʲ, ᵐ̥pʰʲ, ⁿ̥tʰʲ, ᵑ̥kʰʲ, ⁿdʲ/.

Consonants are labialized when in combination with /w/;
/pʷ, tʷ, nʷ, lʷ, ᵐ̥pʰʷ, ⁿ̥tʰʷ, ᵑ̥kʰʷ, ᵐbʷ/.

• /s/ is heard as [ʃ] in the dialects spoken in Quilenges, Chilenge.
• Affricate sounds /tʃ, ᶮ̥tʃ, ᶮdʒ/ may also range to palatal plosive sounds [c, ᶮ̥c, ᶮɟ] in free variation among speakers.
• /v/ may also be heard as a labio-dental approximant [ʋ] in free variation.^[3]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

Sample text

SAMPLE TEXT

Okulikuambela apeho,” oyo onkhalelo tupondola okulekesa okuti tuna ekolelo liotyotyili

TRANSLATION

To “pray constantly” in this way shows we have genuine faith