Nateni language

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).The low tone is indicated with the grave accent and the high tone with the acute accent on the vowel ⟨à è ɛ̀ ì ò ɔ̀ ù á é ɛ́ í ó ɔ́ ú⟩ or the syllabic n ⟨ǹ ń⟩.The nasalization is indicated with the help of the tilde under the vowel ⟨a̰ ɛ̰ ḭ ɔ̰ ṵ⟩ which can be combined with the acute or grave accent indicating the tone ⟨á̰ ɛ̰́ ḭ́ ɔ̰́ ṵ́ à̰ ɛ̰̀ ḭ̀ ɔ̰̀ ṵ̀⟩.This article about Gur languages is a stub.
Language familyNiger–CongoAtlantic–CongoOti–VoltaISO 639-3GlottologGurma peoplegrave accentacute accentnasalizationEthnologueLanguages of BeninFrenchPheráMbelimeMooréNgangamTammariChakosiYoruboidMokoleYorubaBaribaEnglishArabicGermanHebrewChinesePortugueseJapaneseRussianDanishGur languagesCentral GurBiriforDagaareDagbaniFrafraKamaraKantosiKusasiMamprusiSafalibaGourmanchéKonkombaNtchamLáá Láá BwamuCwi BwamuGurunsiBago-KusuntuKabiyéKalamséKasenaLyéléChakaliPaasaalSisaalaTamprusiKoromfeDogosoSenufoMinyankaNanerigéSuciteSupyireCebaaraNyarafoloKpalagaSenaraSyer-TenyerDjiminiNafananTagwanaKulangoLomakkaTéénWara–NatyoroPaleniNatioro