Njebi language
# Njebi language

Njebi (or Nzebi, Njabi, Ndzabi, Yinjebi, etc.) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo.

## Phonology

### Consonants

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | k |
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | | ɡ |
| Plosive | prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | | ᵑɡ |
| Affricate | Affricate | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | |
| Fricative | voiced | β | z | (ʒ) | |
| Fricative | prenasal | ᶬv | ⁿz | ⁿʒ | |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |
| Rhotic | Rhotic | | r | | |
| Lateral | Lateral | | l | | |
| Approximant | Approximant | w | | j | |

* /z/ is heard as [ʒ] when before /i/.
* /ɡ/ can be pronounced as [ɣ] or [x] in free variation.
* /b/ can be heard as an implosive [ɓ] in free variation in initial position.

### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i iː | | u uː |
| Close-mid | e eː | ə | o oː |
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛː | ə | ɔ ɔː |
| Open | | a aː | |

Vowel sounds may also be heard as tense in different positions.

## Example

Gabonese singer SeBa's writes and sings her songs in the Njebi language.

