Nawdm language
Appearance
Nawdm | |
---|---|
Losso | |
Native to | Togo |
Ethnicity | Losso people |
Native speakers | 150,000 in Togo (2012)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nmz |
Glottolog | nawd1238 |
Nawdm is a Gur language of Togo. An unknown number of speakers live in Ghana.
The term Losso is a vague local designation, never employed by linguists, referring to both the Nawdm and Lamba people.
Writing System
a | b | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gw | gb | h | ɦ | i | j | k | kw | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | ŋm | o | ɔ | r | s | t | u | v | w | 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
- ^ Nawdm at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)