Nawdm language

Nawdm
Losso
Native to	Togo
Ethnicity	Losso people
Native speakers	150,000 in Togo (2012)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Yom–Nawdm Nawdm
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

Nawdm alphabet

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 umlaut is used on the first letters of the sequence of two consonants, for example : the sequence of consonants (g̈w, g̈b, n̈y, ŋ̈m).