Ntcham is a member of the Northern Gur branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 390,000 people in northwestern Togo and northeastern Ghana, especially in the town of Bassar in the Kara Region of Togo, and also in the villages of Kabou, Bangeli, Bitchabe, Dimori, Baghan and Kalanga. In Ghana, Ntcham speakers are mainly found in Tatale and Kpandai in the Northern Region, Kpasa in the Oti Region.
Ntcham is also known as Basar, Basare, Basari, Basari, Bassar, Bassari, Ncham, Ncam or Tobote. Dialects include Ntaapum, Ceemba and Dipiitil. The people who speak it call it ncam, and they call themselves Nichambi. It is also used as a lingua franca by the Akaselem and Konkomba peoples.
Ntcham is written with the Latin alphabet.
Download Ntcham alphabet charts (Excel)
Unimbɔti di kaa báaa? Ní ki náań binib ki duu líì kitiŋ pu. Binibee mà l ki butì pá aaa. U pé e nyáń dalbee, ní ki bí yii u làá yìiǹ kí cɔŋkì u-niboolii gbanti, ní ki kpántì unyaŋgbanti ki níń cá bi-cee. U pé e bí i yìiǹ ki tin kɔ́ ubɔ nì u-nimpuu pu. U kɔ́ee, ki cutì ki kal̀ ŋkpaanceeti. Ní unaaciinee bí yii: « Ba ŋá ní a kà al̀ ŋkpaanceeti, kaa là timbi cee dijal pu? » Ní u bí yii: « M buǹ ŋween ŋun kaa ŋanee, ní kaa làá kà l kí pì l-ni. »
Source: Guide de transition français – ncam. Gnonwaye, Djéri, Ninkabou, Waké & Poadi, Jonas. 2013.
Information about Ntcham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntcham_language
https://www.webonary.work/ntcham/overview/introduction/
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/bud
http://www.language-archives.org/language/bud
Berba, Birifor (Northern), Birifor (Southern), Dagaare, Dagbani, Frafra, Gourmanchéma, Hanga, Kabiye, Kasem, Konkomba, Kulango, Kusaal, Láá Láá Bwamu, Lukpa, Mampruli, Mbelime, Moba, Mossi, Nateni, Nawdm, Ngangam, Ntcham, Paasaal, Safaliba, Sisaali, Tammari, Tem, Tumulung Sisaala, Turka, Waama, Western Sisaala, Yom
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 18.09.24. Last modified: 18.09.24
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