Chamba Leko

 

Chamba Leko yana daya daga cikin yaruka biyu da mutanen Chamba ke magana dashi ɗayan kuma shine Chamba Daka . Memba ne na reshen Leko na harsunan Savanna, kuma ana magana da shi a iyakar arewacin Najeriya da Kamaru .

Ana kuma rubuta Chamba da 'Samba', Leko kuma 'Leeko', 'Lego' ko 'Lekon'. Yaren kuma ana kiransa Suntai .

Yaruka

Samba, wanda ake kira Samba Leeko, ya bambanta da Chamba Daka, wanda kuma ake kira Daga Mumi ('harshen Daka'), wanda wani rukuni na mutanen Chamba ke magana dashi a Najeriya. Joseph Greenberg ya rarraba waɗannan yarukan biyu a rukuni na 2 da 3 na reshen Adamawa (duba harsunan Adamawa ).

A Kamaru, manyan rukunin yaruka biyu sune:

• Harsunan Samba daidai (wanda ya ƙunshi nau'in Samba Leeko, Deenu, Bangla, Wangai, da Sampara, waɗanda galibi ni ana magana da su a Najeriya) waɗanda ke tsakanin tsaunukan Alantika a yanki ɗaya, da Faro da Mayo-Déo (a kudancin Béka) . commune, Bénoué sashen, Arewa Region)
• Daganjonga, ana magana a cikin yankuna biyu na masu magana da yaren 25,000 kewaye da harsunan Grassfields, kusa da Ndop Plain (fiye da kilomita 400 daga tsaunin Alantika ). Ana magana da shi a ƙauyukan Balikumbat, Baligashu, Baligashu (Kungiyar Balikumbat, Sashen Ngoketunjia, Yankin Arewa maso Yamma) da Baligam ( Santa commune, sashen Mezam, yankin Arewa-maso-Yamma)

Fassarar sauti

Bakake

			Labial	Labiodental	Apical	Palatal	Velar	Labial-launi	Glottal
Ƙarfafawa		Voiceless	p	f	t	s	k	kp	ʔ
		Voiced	b	v	d	z	g	gb
Nasal			m		n	ɲ	ŋ	̰w
Baki					l	y		w	( h )
Kaɗa				( ⱱ )	( r )

Wasula

	Gaba	Tsakiya	Baya
Kusa	i	ə	u
Tsakar	e		o
Bude	ɛ	a	ɔ