Noni (Nooni)

Noni is a member of the Eastern Benoid branch of the Southern Bantoid language family. It is spoken by about 50,000 people in North West Region of Cameroon. In particular, it is spoken in Kumbo District of the Bui Department in the south east of the North West Region.

Noni is also known as Noone or Nooni. There are two main varieties of Noni: Upper Noni and Lower Noni. It is closely related to Ncare and Saari. It is written with the Latin alphabet.

Noni alphabet and pronunciation

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

Notes

Long vowels are doubled (aa), and falling and rising tones are not necessarily marked.

Sample text

Ɛ Jisos mum gay ɛ̂ bó lɛ, “Ben dioo bunlee no gaytè lɛ, ‘Icee wese, geɛ ɛ́ bonyii ewvumtè diee diuw, ege ɛ́ bvunfon bwuw eto.
Ɛ̀ nyaà bese mwɛɛm mvudien ɛdiuw ɛcii,
Lɛɛshɛ bibefɛ bisɛse, no bese lɛɛshi bibefɛ bì bonyii bomew gee fô bese le. Fo wo ecinɛ ɛ́ bese eley mmom yì eghaw bese le kɛ.’”

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/461/LUK.11.NHU

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 in Noni

Links

Information about Noni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noni_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noone_(langue)
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/noon1243
http://www.language-archives.org/language/nhu
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/nhu

Bantoid languages

Abon, Bafanji, Bebe, Bekwarra, Daka, Ipulo, Isu, Jagham, Jarawa, Kemezung, Kenyang, Ki, Koshin, Kung, Mambila, Mbe, Mbuʼ, Medumba, Metaʼ, Mundabli-Mufu, Mundani, Mungbam, Naki, Ndoola, Noni, Pinyin, Tiv, Yambeta

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Pgae created: 25.05.26. Last modified: 25.05.26

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