Ndoro language
{{Short description|Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria}}
{{infobox language
|name=Ndoro
|nativename=Ndoola
|ethnicity=Ndola people
|states=Nigeria
|region=Taraba State
|speakers={{sigfig|62520|2}}
|date=2000
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Mambiloid?
|fam5=Ndoro–Fam
|iso3=ndr
|glotto=ndoo1241
|glottorefname=Ndoola
}}
Ndoola (Ndoro) or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}} is a Bantoid language of Nigeria, with several thousand speakers in Cameroon. It is either among or related to the Mambiloid languages.
Phonology
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! rowspan="2"| ! rowspan="2"|Labial ! rowspan="2"|Alveolar ! rowspan="2"|Palatal ! colspan="2"|Velar ! rowspan="2"|Glottal |
| oral |
|---|
| Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}} |{{IPA link|tʃ}} {{IPA link|dʒ}} |{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}} |{{IPA link|kʷ}} {{IPA link|gʷ}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
| Prenasalized
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| Fricative
|{{IPA link|f}} {{IPA link|v}} |{{IPA link|s}} {{IPA link|z}} |{{IPA link|ʃ}} | | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} |{{IPA link|ŋʷ}} | |
| Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|l}}, {{IPA link|r}} |{{IPA link|ʎ}}, {{IPA link|j}} | | | |
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! !Back |
| High
|{{IPA link|i}} |{{IPA link|ɨ}} |{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}} |
|---|
| Mid-high
|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}} |{{IPA link|ə}} |{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}} |
| Mid-low
|{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}} | |{{IPA link|ɔ}} |
| Low
| |{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}} | |
Ndoro also has five tones; high, mid, low, falling, and rising.