Nawdm language

Nawdm is a Gur language of Togo. An unknown number of speakers live in Ghana.

Nawdm
Losso
Native toTogo
EthnicityLosso people
Native speakers
150,000 in Togo (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3nmz
Glottolognawd1238

The term Losso is a vague local designation, never employed by linguists, referring to both the Nawdm and Lamba people.

Writing System

Nawdm alphabet
abdeɛ fggwgbh ɦijkkw kplmnny ŋŋmoɔr stuvw y

To distinguish a sequence of two consonants and a consonant represented by two letters, the diaeresis is used on the first letters of the sequence of two consonants, for example: the sequence of consonants (g̈w, g̈b, n̈y, ŋ̈m).

References

  1. Nawdm at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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