Matengo language

Matengo is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Speakers are mostly monolingual, and neighboring languages are not intelligible.

Matengo language is relatively related to Ngoni language in that the two have similar history of origin.

Phonology The phonological inventry in Matengo contains 24 consonants and 7 vowels.

Vowels Matengo has a seven-vowel system, and each vowel has a phonemic length contrast. +Vowel inventry of MatengoYoneda (2026:13)FrontCentralBackClose/i//u/Close mid/e//o/Open mid/ɛ//ɔ/Open/a/

Consonants +Consonant inventry of MatengoYoneda (2026:15)LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalPlosivevoiceless/p/ [p]/t/ [t]/k/ [k]voiced /b/ [b~ɓ]/g/ [g~ɣ]Fricative/s/ [s]/h/ [h]Affriactive/dʒ/ [dʒ~dz]Nasal/m/ [m]/n/ [n]/ɲ/ [ɲ]/ŋ/ [ŋ]Liquid/l/ [l~d]Approximant/w/ [w~u]/j/ [j~i]

Matengo language

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