Nyaneka language

Nyaneka or Haneca is a Bantu language of Angola. The Ngambwe "dialect" is now considered a distinct language.

Phonology

	Labial	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ ~ c	k
prenasal vl.	ᵐ̥pʰ	ⁿ̥tʰ	ᶮ̥tʃ ~ ᶮ̥c	ᵑ̥kʰ
prenasal vd.	ᵐb	ⁿd	ᶮdʒ ~ ᶮɟ	ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s
voiced	v ~ ʋ				ɦ
Approximant		j	w
Lateral		l

Consonants are palatalized when in combination with /j/; /pʲ, tʲ, vʲ~ʋʲ, nʲ, lʲ, ᵐ̥pʰʲ, ⁿ̥tʰʲ, ᵑ̥kʰʲ, ⁿdʲ/.

Consonants are labialized when in combination with /w/; /pʷ, tʷ, nʷ, lʷ, ᵐ̥pʰʷ, ⁿ̥tʰʷ, ᵑ̥kʰʷ, ᵐbʷ/.

/s/ is heard as [ʃ] in the dialects spoken in Quilenges, Chilenge.
Affricate sounds /tʃ, ᶮ̥tʃ, ᶮdʒ/ may also range to palatal plosive sounds [c, ᶮ̥c, ᶮɟ] in free variation among speakers.
/v/ may also be heard as a labio-dental approximant [ʋ] in free variation.

SAMPLE TEXT

Okulikuambela apeho,” oyo onkhalelo tupondola okulekesa okuti tuna ekolelo liotyotyili

TRANSLATION

To “pray constantly” in this way shows we have genuine faith