Dakatar da sautuna /b, t, d, k, ɡ/ na iya samun bambance-bambancen sauti kamar [b͡v, t͡s, d͡z~ɖ͡ʐ, k͡f, ɡ͡v] lokacin faruwa kafin /ə/. Sauti / ɣ, m/ na iya samun bambance-bambance kamar [ɣ͡v, ᶬv] lokacin da suke matsayi ɗaya.
Sauti /p/ da /h/ suna faruwa ne kawai a cikin interjections, akida ko kalmomin lamuni.
/p, t, k/ kuma yana iya samun allophones [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ] a cikin matsayi na farko.
Sautunan fricative na ciki / ᶬf, ⁿs, ᶮʃ / na iya samun allophones azaman sautin prenasal [ᶬp͡f, ⁿt͡s, ᶮt͡ʃ] sauti.
Sauti /d͡ʒ, ʃ, k, ɡ, m, ŋ/ ana iya larabci su kamar [d͡ʒʷ, ʃʷ, kʷ, ɡʷ, mʷ, ŋʷ] a gaban wasali, kuma yana faruwa ne kawai a cikin harafin farko.
Wasula
Gaba
Tsakiya
Baya
Kusa
i
u
Tsakar
ɛ ~ e
ə
ɔ ~ o
Bude
a
Ana tsawaita wasulan kamar /iː, eː, əː, aː, oː, uː/.
Za a iya jin sautuna /ɛ, ɔ/ a matsayin kusa-tsakiyar [e, o] a cikin bambancin kyauta.
Ana jin wasulan /i, a, u/ kamar [ɪ, ɜ, ʊ] lokacin kafin / ʔ/ ko sautin hanci.
Tsarin Rubutu
Nso yana amfani da rubutun ƙididdiga bisa ga Janar Alphabet na Harsunan Kamaru (AGLC). An fara ƙirƙira wani rubutun rubutu kafin a gyara shi don bin shawarwarin AGLC.
Nso haruffa
a
b
c
d
e
ə
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
ŋ
o
p
r
s
t
ku
v
w
y
z
ʼ
⟨⟨ bv, dz, gb, gh, gv, gw, jw, kf, kp, kw, mb, mf, mt, mv, nj, ns, nt, ny, ŋg, ŋk, ŋw, sh, ts ⟩ and 7 trigraphs ⟨ ghv, mbv, ndz, nsh, ŋgv, ŋgw, ⟩ . Dogayen wasulan suna nuni ta hanyar ninka wasali ⟨ aa, ee, əə, ii, oo, ⟩ . Ana lura da diphthongs ⟨ ay, ey, əy, oy, uy, ⟩ . [2]
Ana nuna babban sautin tare da tsattsauran lafazi da ƙaramar sautin tare da lafazin kabari akan wasali.
Kalmomi
Beri wo. Thank you.
Wiykijuŋ. You are welcome.
A sahka? What news? (Greeting).
Sah ka yo dzə. No news (Reply) or M bo sa. I am fine.
Yirannia. Good morning.
A sahka mbuni. How did you sleep?
Aresi nia. Good afternoon.
yi ginia. Good evening.
Buni kijuŋ. Sleep well.
A ber ni kibveshi. Good bye until tomorrow.
Njemse juŋsi. Sweet dreams.
Wuna wosa. And to you.
Nyuy sævi wo. God bless you (Greeting).
Vishi vejuŋvi. Good luck.
Ghan kijuŋ. Safe journey.
Fo mo. Give me.
A du fe? Where are you going?
Yir yee dzə la? What is your name?
Yir yem dzə Lukoŋ. My name is Lukong.
A dzə wan la? Whose child are you?
M dzə wan Lukoŋ. I am Lukong's child.
Fon Nso dze la? Who is the traditional ruler of Nso?
feer: relative (A general sense. Example: * M dze feer wo: I am your relative)
Alamomi
lum: hot
rə : cold
Dzer: Heavy.
Sen: Dark.
Fer: White
Shi'ir: Bitter.
Nyom: Sweet
nyaaŋ: Calm
Magana
↑Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yaren Nso". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
McGarrity, Laura and Botne, Robert (2001). Between Agreement and Case Marking in Lamnso. IUWPL 3: Explorations in African Linguistics: From Lamnso' to Sesotho (2001), edited by Robert Botne and Rose Vondrasek, pp. 53–70. Bloomington, IN: Noun classes and categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins.
