Iceve-Maci language

{{Infobox language

|name=Ceve

|nativename=Iceve

|altname=Oliti

|states=Cameroon, Nigeria

|speakers=12,000

|date=1990

|ref = e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Southern Bantoid

|fam5=Tivoid

|fam6=Central (A)

|iso3=bec

|glotto=icev1238

|glottorefname=Iceve-Maci

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=|people=Baceve|language=Iceve|root=Ceve{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}}}

Ceve (Iceve), or Iceve-Maci, is a Tivoid language of the Cameroons. The divergent dialects are Ceve proper (Becheve), and Maci (Matchi, Oliti).

Writing system

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|+ Iceve-Maci Alphabet{{cite web |title=Va, Sayegh Iceve! |url=https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/76014 |website=SIL International |language=en |date=15 September 2022}}

| a

| ɛ

| h

| m

| p

| v

= [[Multigraph (orthography)|Multigraphs]] =

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!Digraphs

!mb

!nd

!ng

!ny

!nz

!ŋw

!ŋm

IPA

|^mb

|ⁿd

|^ŋg

|ⁿj

|ⁿdz

|^ŋw

|ŋm

Trigraph

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IPA

| colspan="7" |^ŋmgb

{{Cite web |title=Iceve-Maci language and alphabet |url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/iceve-maci.htm |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=www.omniglot.com}}