Belnəng language

Belnəng (Belning) is a West Chadic language of Plateau State, Nigeria closely related to Angas. It was discovered by Roger Blench in 2016. It is spoken by about 500 people in the single village of Langung, which is surrounded by Tal villages in the east and Miship villages in the west (Blench 2017).[1] It is documented in Blench & Bulkaam (2019).[2]

Belnəng
Belning
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
500 (2017)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3glb
Glottologbeln1234

Lexicon

Some Belneng names of plants and animals:[2]

Belneng nameBelneng name in IPAEnglish nameScientific name
bәbarbə̀bāɾhouse batScotophilus spp.
ɓipɓípgrasscutterThryonomys swinderianus
ɓwaarɓʷāːɾyamDioscorea spp.
dashimdàʃīmmonitor lizardVaranus exanthematicus
ɗiinɗìːnfruit batRousettus aegyptiacus
fwemfʷɛḿAfrican fish eagleHaliaeetus vocifer
goktaaɡɔ́ktáːblack and white-lipped cobraNaja melanoleuca subfulva
gwanɡʷàncocoyam; taroColocasia esculenta
kaapkāːpbaboonPapio anubis
kәnkə̄nbuffalo; bush cowSyncerus caffer
kutkútcrocodileCrocodylus niloticus
kyekkʲɛḱporcupineHystrix cristata
lәshimlə̀ʃìmleopardPanthera pardus
lutututlútūtūtSenegal coucalCentropus senegalensis
mermɛɾ̄rock pythonPython sebae
mfәtɱfə̀tmosquitoAnopheles spp.
muramùɾájackalCanis adustus
nakwomnàkʷɔ̄mfrancolin; bush-fowlFrancolinus spp.
ngaanŋàːnspitting cobraNaja nigricollis nigricollis
ngwanglangᵑɡʷàŋlàŋmillipedeIule spp.
njolongⁿʤɔ̀lɔ̀ŋmason waspBelonogaster griseus
nkalәngᵑkàlə́ŋpied crowCorvus albus
nkamuᵑkàmùhyenaHyaena hyaena
nkiikiiᵑkīːkíːpraying mantisSphodromantis phyllocrana
nlangⁿlāŋlizardAgama agama
nwupⁿwūpgiant rat; pouched ratCricetomys gambianus
paappàːpred-flanked duikerCephalophus rufilatus
pitpìtpatas monkeyErythrocebus patas
pupurpúpūɾhedgehogAtelerix albiventris
shangkәnʃáŋkə̄nwall geckoGekkonidae
shomgotʃɔ̀mɡɔ̀tdassie; rock rabbit; rock hyraxProcavia capensis
shwishwenʃʷīʃʷɛn̄aerial yamDioscorea bulbifera
shwomʃʷɔ̀mguinea-fowlNumida meleagris
tanglaptàŋlàpnightjarCaprimulgus spp.

References
  1. Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
  2. Blench, Roger & Michael Bulkaam. 2019. "Belnəng, an undocumented Chadic language of Central Nigeria." Manuscript. Jos.
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