Kenzi language

Kenzi is currently a threatened language that has about 35,000 native speakers worldwide. Ethnologue reports that the use of Kenzi is decreasing as the language is spoken by adults only and that all speakers are shifting to Egyptian Arabic. Most speakers of Kenzi live in the city of Kom Ombo in the Aswan Governorate of Egypt.

Phonology

Consonants

• /s/ can be heard as voiced [z] when preceding voiced stops.
• /n/ is heard as velar [ŋ] when before velar stops. /l/ is heard as velarized [ɫ] when in the same position.

Vowels