Nateni language
{{Short description|Language of Benin}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Nateni
|nativename=
|states=Benin
|ethnicity=Gurma
|speakers={{sigfig|113,000|2}}
|date=2021
|ref=e26
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Gur
|fam4=Northern
|fam5=Oti–Volta
|fam6=Gurma
|minority={{flag|Benin}}
|iso3=ntm
|glotto=nate1242
|glottorefname=Nateni
}}
Nateni (Natemba) is a language of the Gurma people spoken in Benin. It is named after its principal dialect; the others are Tayari (Tayaba), Kunteni (Kuntemba), Okoni (Okoma).
Writing system
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! colspan="22" | Alphabet{{cite web|title = Nateni written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters|url = http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=wrSys_detail_sym&key=ntm-Latn|website = ScriptSource.org}} | ||||||||||||||||
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! uppercase | A | B | C | D | E
| Ɛ | F | H | I | K
| Kp | M | N | O | Ɔ
| P | S | T | U | W
| Y |
| ----
! lowercase | a | b | c | d | e
| ɛ | f | h | i | k
| kp | m | n | o | ɔ
| p | s | t | u | w
| y |
The low tone is indicated with the grave accent and the high tone with the acute accent on the vowel {{anglebracket|à è ɛ̀ ì ò ɔ̀ ù á é ɛ́ í ó ɔ́ ú}} or the syllabic n {{anglebracket|ǹ ń}}.
The nasalization is indicated with the help of the tilde under the vowel {{anglebracket|a̰ ɛ̰ ḭ ɔ̰ ṵ}} which can be combined with the acute or grave accent indicating the tone {{anglebracket|á̰ ɛ̰́ ḭ́ ɔ̰́ ṵ́ à̰ ɛ̰̀ ḭ̀ ɔ̰̀ ṵ̀}}.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Languages of Benin}}
{{Gur languages}}
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