Asụsụ Nande

NandeYiraNdandiNative toDemocratic Republic of the CongoRegionNord-Kivu provinceNative speakers(900,000 cited 1991)Nande at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)Language familyNiger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
 Volta-Congo
 Benue–Congo
 Bantoid
 Southern Bantoid
 Bantu
 Northeast Bantu
 Great Lakes Bantu
 Rwenzori
 NandeLanguage codesISO 639-3nnbGlottolognand1264Guthrie codeJD.42Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Nande, nke a makwara dị ka (Oru) Ndandi na Yira, bụ asụsụ Bantu a na-asụ na Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

Ndị Nande nke Congo na ndị Konjo nke Uganda bụ otu agbụrụ, nke ha na-akpọ Yira (Bayira). Ha chọpụtara mmalite ha na Ugwu Ruwenzori n'etiti mba abụọ ahụ. Asụsụ Nande na Konjo dị nso nke ukwuu iji were ya dị ka ire okwu dị iche iche. Nande nwere ọtụtụ olumba nke ya: Nande n'onwe ya, Kumbule, Mate, Tangi, Sanza, Shu, Songola (Songoora, Nyangala), Swaga / Kira (na Nande, a na-eji eki- ebido ha niile). 

Maka ụdị asụsụ a maara dị ka Shu, a na-enye anyị ozi na asụsụ ọzọ, "EkiShukaali" bụ nke ụmụ nwanyị na-asụbu, ndị AvaShukaali. Margaret Arminel Bryan, compiler, The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press 1959 ,page 96.  Nke a nwere ike ịbụ ihe a kapịrị ọnụ maka ụdị "okwu nzuzo" nke ụmụ agbọghọ, ọ bụghị ụmụ nwoke, hibere. 

Ụfọdụ n'ime ndị Nande nke Congo nwere mmekọrịta patron-vassal na ndị Efé Pygmies.

 Ọmụmụ nke ụdaolu 

 Mgbochiume 
Akụkụ abụọEzé ezéAlveolarPalatalVelarỌkụPlosiveenweghị olupt̪tkNwanyị na-agba agbambndŋɡAfricatet͡sIhe na-esiri ikeenweghị olushkwuru okwuβɣNwanyị na-agba agbanzỤgbọ imimnɲRhotictrillrtapɾIhe atụl(j)(w)

 A na-anụ ụdaume ihu na ọnụ [j, w] naanị n'ihi ụdaume ihu /i, ɪ, ɛ/ ma ọ bụ ụdaume azụ /u, ʊ, ɔ/ na-esote ụdaume ndị ọzọ, ma ọ bụ n'ọnọdụ mmalite n'etiti ụdaume abụọ.
 Enwere ike ịnụ ụda olu /p, t, k/ n'efu dị ka ụda [b, d, ɡ] n'etiti ndị ọkà okwu, ma ọ bụ ụda olu nwekwara ike ịpụta ihe na okwu ndị a gbazitere.

 Ụdaume 
N'ihuCentralNlaghachiN'akụkụiuIhe dị nsoɪʊN'etiti etitiɛ ~ naỌ bụ n'ihi naMepee n'etitiEmeghea

 Ụda /ɛ, ɔ/ nwekwara ike igosipụta dị ka ụdaume ndị ọzọ (nke dị nso) [e, o] n'ime ogwe nwere ụdaume oge (dị ka /i, u/), ma ọ bụ n'ime mkpụrụ okwu n'ụdị ọtụtụ.

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 Kinande: A Grammar Sketch (Version 1.0)