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Nupe is a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Middle Belt of Nigeria. This page details standard practice to be followed on all Nupe entries.
Spellings and diacritics[edit]
Tones[edit]
The tones should be marked in the headword line and not in page titles. High tones are marked with the acute accent (´), low tones with the grave accent (`), and mid tones are unmarked except in cases of a tone-bearing syllabic nasal, in which case a macron (¯) is used.
Contour tones are to be transcribed as sequences of level tones. When a high tone follows a low tone it should be marked with an acute accent (ˊ). In comparison to earlier orthographies:
- lòózùn rather than lǒzùn
- àlùfáà rather than àlùfâ
- èdé rather than èdě
Nasal vowels[edit]
Nasal vowels should be represented with the sequence V + n as follows:
- ã as <an>
- ĩ as <in>
- ũ as <un>
With the exception of when they come after /n/ or /m/ — /mã.dã/ is written as madan.
Elongated nasal vowels should be written with a dash (-) — /gã̀ã́/ is written as gàn-án.
Letters[edit]
Nupe uses these letters:
- (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh
References[edit]
- I.S.G Magudu “Nupe Orthography” in Ayo banjo ed. (1985). Orthographies of Nigerian languages (Manual III)