Iceve-Maci language

Ceve (Iceve), or Iceve-Maci, is a Tivoid language of the Cameroons. The divergent dialects are Ceve proper (Becheve), and Maci (Matchi, Oliti).

Writing system

Iceve-Maci Alphabet^[2]
a	b	c	d	e	ɛ	f	g	gb	gh	h	i	k	kp	l	m	n	ŋ	o	ɔ	p	s	t	u	ʉ	v	w	y	z

Digraphs	mb	nd	ng	ny	nz	ŋw	ŋm
IPA	^mb	ⁿd	^ŋg	ⁿj	ⁿdz	^ŋw	ŋm
Trigraph	mgb
IPA	^ŋmgb

Notation	á	à or a	â	ă	àâ
Tone description	High	Low	Falling	Rising	Falling-rising

	Labial	Alveolar/Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n		ŋ	ŋm
Plosive	p b ^mb	t d ⁿd		k g ^ŋg	kp gb ^ŋmgb
Affricate		t͡s ~ t͡ʃ d͡z ~ d͡ʒ ⁿd͡z
Fricative	f v	s ~ ʃ				h
Approximant		l	j ^ɲj		w ⁿw

There are 5 tones: high, low, falling, rising and rising-falling.

^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. 4th ed. Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
^ "Va, Sayegh Iceve!". SIL International. 15 September 2022.
^ "Iceve-Maci language and alphabet". www.omniglot.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.