IsiTumbuka

Ulimi **lwesiTumbuka wulimi** lwesiBantu olukhulunywa esifundeni esiseNyakatho neMalawi futhi nasesifundeni iLundazi eZambia .  Kuyaziwa nangokuthi  noma  - *isiqalo se- chi-* phambi *kweTumbuka* sisho "ulimi lwama-", futhi kulokhu kuyaqondakala ukuthi kusho ukuthi "ulimi ( lwabantu baseTumbuka )".Isi-Tumbuka kungokwalabo iqembu elifanayo ulimi ( Guthrie Zone N ) njengoba Chewa futhi Sena . 

I-World Almanac (1998) ilinganisela ukuthi kunezikhulumi zesiTumbuka ezibalelwa ku-2 000 000,yize eminye imithombo ilinganisela inani elincane kakhulu. Iningi lezikhulumi zesiTumbuka kuthiwa zihlala eMalawi.IsiTumbuka sikhulunywa kakhulu ezilimini zaseNyakatho Malawi, ikakhulukazi ezifundeni zaseRumphi, eMzuzu, naseMzimba . 

Kukhona umehluko omkhulu phakathi kohlobo lwesiTumbuka olukhulunywa ezindaweni ezisemadolobheni eMalawi (okuboleka amanye amagama avela esiSwahili naseChewa ) kanye "nomzana" noma "isijulile" isiTumbuka esikhulunywa ezigodini.Ukuhluka kweRumphi kuvame ukubhekwa njenge "msulwa ngokwamalimi", futhi kwesinye isikhathi kubizwa nge- "Tumbuka yangempela".  I Mzimba lwesigodi iye kakhulu ukuthonywa Zulu (chiNgoni),  ngisho kude ukuze abe ukuchofoza ngamagama afana  "chama",okungekho kwezinye izilimi.

Ulimi lwesiTumbuka lwahlupheka ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaMongameli uHastings Kamuzu Banda,lusukela ngo-1968 ngenxa yenqubomgomo yakhe yolimi olulodwa, lwalahlekelwa isikhundla salo njengolimi olusemthethweni eMalawi.Ngenxa yalokho, uTumbuka wasuswa ezifundweni zesikole, emsakazweni kazwelonke, nakwabezindaba abaphrintayo.  Ngokufika kwentando yeningi yamaqembu amaningi ngo-1994, izinhlelo zesiTumbuka zaqalwa futhi emsakazweni, kodwa inani lezincwadi nokunye okushicilelwa ngesiTumbuka lisalokhu liphansi. 

## I-Orthography
Ababili izinhlelo yokubhala Isi-Tumbuka kuyasetshenziswa: isipelingi bendabuko (wasebenzisa isibonelo Chitumbuka nguqulo ye Wikipedia nasemaphephandabeni  ), ngamagama  'abantu'  'unyaka' zibhalwe ngo-'b 'no' ch ', kanye nesipelingi esisha esisemthethweni (esisetshenziswe ngokwesibonelo kusichazamazwi seCitumbuka esishicilelwe online yiCentre for Language Studies kanye naseBhayibhelini eliku-inthanethi), lapho amagama afanayo abhalwe khona 'W' futhi 'c', isib *ŵanthu* futhi *caka.* (Umsindo 'wa' uyindilinga eseduze [w] obizwa ngolimi endaweni eseduze-i. )   'nokuthi' l 'kuphi, isb cakulya (Isichazamazwi) noma i-  (IBhayibheli) 'ukudla'. (Empeleni [l] kanye no- [r] kukhona allophones okufanayo phoneme . Kukhona futhi ukungabaza phakathi kwezipelingi 'sk' no 'sy' (womabili  futhi  ('bamboo') zitholakala kusichazamazwi seCitumbuka). 

## Imisindvo

### Onkamisa
Onkamisa abafanayo /a/, /ɛ/, /i/, /ɔ/, /u/ no syllabic /m̩/ batholakala esiTumbuka njengasolimini olungumakhelwane iChewa . 

### Ongwaqa
Ongwaqa besiTumbuka nabo bayafana nalabo beChewa esakhelene nabo, kepha ngokuhlukahluka okuthile. Imisindo eqhubekayo ethi /ɣ/, /β/ no /h/, engekho noma ebekelwe eceleni eChewa, ijwayelekile eTumbuka. Okunye futhi okuvamisile ukuthi kube yimisindo e-palatalised /vʲ/, /fʲ/, /bʲ/, /pʲ/, /skʲ/, /zgʲ/, kanye /ɽʲ/ . ETumbuka azikho izifunda ezifana /psʲ/, /bzʲ/, /t͡s/, /d͡z/ . Imisindvo /s/ kanye /z/ , kuze Chewa nsómba ('fish') =  . Umsindo /ʃ/ utholakala kuphela kumagama angaphandle afana  ('ihembe') kanye ne-  ('ushukela'). UTumbuka /ɽ/ kwesinye isikhathi uhambelana neChewa /d/, ngokwesibonelo Chewa  'to be ill' = Tumbuka  , Chewa  'to eat' = Tumbuka  . Ukuphinyiselwa kwe- "sk" ne- "zg" kuyahlukahluka ngokuya ngolimi lwesigodi.

Ongwaqa besiTumbuka bavamise ukuzalwa (okusho ukuthi kulandelwa ngu / y /) noma kuyindilinga (isb. Kulandelwa ngu / w /. Ezinye zazo zingaphinde zandulelwe nge- homorganic nasal (/ n /, / ng '/ noma / m /). Inhlanganisela yongwaqa ongaba khona ikhonjiswa etafuleni elingezansi:

### Ithoni
Omunye umehluko omkhulu phakathi kweChewa nesiTumbuka ukuthi isiChewa ulimi lwethoni, kanti esiTumbuka akukho mehluko wethoni phakathi kwegama negama.

UTumbuka unezimpawu zokuthona kodwa ngendlela elinganiselwe kakhulu, ngokuthi igama ngalinye, elikhulunywa lodwa, linezwi elifanayo lokuwa esihlahleni sokugcina (nalo elihambisana nengcindezi).  Ngakho-ke akwenzeki ukuthi esiTumbuka kuqhathaniswe amagama amabili ahlukene noma izinkathi ezimbili ezahlukene ngokwe-tonally, njengoba kunjalo ngesiChewa nezinye izilimi zeBantu. Kodwa-ke, leli thoni lokugcina lokuwa livela hhayi kuwo wonke amagama, kodwa kuphela egameni lokugcina lomusho wephonological; isib. emshweni olandelayo, igama lesibili kuphela elinethoni, elokuqala alinalo ithoni: 

*  'sipheka ipapa

Izinhlobonhlobo ezinkulu zamaphethini amathoni zitholakala kuma- ideophones (amagama avezayo) esiTumbuka; isibonelo uLow (  'ukwahlukana kube izingcezu ezincane'), High (  'swooping low (wezinyoni)'), High-Low (  'umsindo wento eqhumayo'), kanye ne-Low-High (  'ukunyamalala okungazelelwe'), njll. 

Amathoni wezizwe nawo asetshenziswa esiTumbuka; isibonelo, emibuzweni ka-yebo-cha kuvame ukuwa okuPhezulu kuya Phansi kuhlamvu lwemibuzo lombuzo: 

*  'nawe ususa ukhula emmbileni? '

Kubonakala sengathi akukho ukuhlangana okungaguquguquki, okuqondile phakathi kwethoni ngesiTumbuka nokugxila . 

## Amabizo

### Izigaba zamabizo
Njengenjwayelo ezilimini zeBantu, amabizo esiTumbuka ahlukaniswe ngezigaba ezahlukahlukene zamabizo ngokweziqalo zawo ezisebunyeni nasebuningini.Isigaba ngasinye sebizo sineziphawulo zazo, izabizwana, nezivumelwano zezenzo, ezaziwa ngokuthi 'izivumelwano' Lapho izivumelwano zingavumelani nesiqalo, izivumelwano zihamba phambili ekuthathweni kwesigaba sebizo. Isibonelo, ibizo  'impahla', yize *inesiqalo ka-*, ibekwa ekilasini 1, ngoba umuntu uthi  'lezi zinto' kusetshenziswa umboniso we-class 1  .AbaseMalawi uqobo (isib. Esichazamazwini seCitumbuka sase-University of Malawi) babhekisa ezigabeni zamabizo ngamagama endabuko anjenge "Mu-isimoa-";Ochwepheshe beBantu, nokho, babhekisa ezigabeni ngezinombolo (1/2 njll.)Ezihambelana nezigaba zamabizo zezinye izilimi zeBantu. Ngezikhathi ezithile amabizo awahambelani nezigaba ezingezansi, isb.  'induna' (isigaba 9) ngokungafanele ine- *mafumu* yobuningi ekilasini 6.

### Umaki wento

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*  = We shall meet again.

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## Izinkomba