Asụsụ Shi

Shi Kishi/Mashi
Spoken in:	Democratic Republic of Congo
Region:	Sud-Kivu Province
Total speakers:	660,000
Language family:	Nnijer–Kongo  Atlantic–Congo   Benue–Congo    Bantoid     Bantu      Northeast Bantu       Great Lakes Bantu        Shi–Havu         Shi
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	—
ISO 639-3:	shr

Shi, ma ọ bụ Nyabungu, bụ Asụsụ Bantu nke Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ndị na-asụ Mashi bụ Bashi. Ha bụ ebo kacha ukwuu na South Kivu, nke isi obodo ya bụ Bukavu.

Ndị Bashi bi na mpaghara buru ibu nke a maara dị ka Bushi. Dị ka Ngweshe, Kabare, Katana, Luhuinja, Burhinyi, Kaziba, Nyengezi, na Idjui ebe ndị Bahavu bụ ndị sokwa n'òtù a bi; Idjui bụ nnukwu agwaetiti dị na ọdọ mmiri Kivu dị n'etiti DRC na Rwanda.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Mkpụrụ okwu

		Akpụkpọ ahụ	Ezé / Alveolar	Mgbe alv./Obodo Palatal	Velar	Mkpịsị aka
Ụgbọ imi		m	n	ɲ
Plosive/Africate	enweghị olu	p	t	t͡ʃ	k
	kwuru okwu	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ
Ihe na-esiri ike	enweghị olu	f	s	ʃ		h
	kwuru okwu	v	z
Rhotic	enweghị olu		r̥
	kwuru okwu		r
N'akụkụ			l
Ihe atụ		w		j

• A na-anụkarị ụda /t, d, n/ dị ka ezé [t̪, d̪, n̪].
• /d͡ʒ/ nwekwara ike ịnụ dị ka fricative [ʒ].

Mkpụrụedemede

	N'ihu	Central	Ịlaghachi azụ
N'akụkụ	i iː		u uː
N'etiti etiti	e eː		o oː
Emeghe		a aː