AsụsụLendu bụ asụsụ Central Sudanic nke ndị Balendru na-asụ, otu ndị ọrụ ugbo na-asụ asụsụ agbụrụ bi na ọwụwa anyanwụDemocratic Republic of the Congo na mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ na ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Ọdọ Albert, kpọmkwem Province Ituri . Ọ bụ otu n'ime asụsụ Central Sudanic kacha nwee mmadụ. Enwere ụzọ atọ n'ụzọ anọ nke nde ndị na-asụ Lendu na DRC. Esemokwu dị n'etiti Lendu na Hema bụ ihe ndabere nke esemokwu Ituri .[1]
E wezụga Balendru, a na-asụ Lendu dị ka asụsụ obodo site na akụkụ Hema, Alur naOkebu . NaUganda, ebo Lendu bi na mpaghara Nebbi na Zombo, ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Ọdọ Albert. [a chọrọ nkọwa ]
Ethnologue na-enyeBbadha dịka aha ọzọ nke Lendu, manaBlench (2000) depụtaraBadha dịka asụsụ dị iche. Ndepụta ederede nke asụsụ Nilo-Saharan,dị na webụsaịtị ya yana ụbọchị 2012, depụtaraLendu/Badha .
| N'ihu | Central | Azu | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechie | i | u | |
| Nso nso | ɪ | ʊ | |
| N'etiti | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
| Mepee | a |
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Post-<br><br>alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-<br><br>velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | sibilant | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | (ŋ) | |||||
| Stop/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡s | t͡ʃ | k | k͡p | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ɟ | ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮd͡ʒ | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | ||||
| vl. implosive | ɓ̥ | ɗ̥ | ʄ̊ | ||||||
| vd. implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | ʃ | h | |||
| voiced | v | ð | z | ʒ | |||||
| prenasal | ⁿz | ||||||||
| Rhotic | r | ɽ | |||||||
| Approximant | plain | l | j | w | |||||
| glottalized | ʼw | ||||||||
Demolin (1995) kwuputara na Lendu nwere ihe na-enweghị olu,/ɓ̥ɗ̥ʄ̊/ (/ƥƭƈ/ ). Otú ọ dị, Goyvaerts (1988) akọwawo ndị a dị ka ihe na-akpali akpali nke na -ada ụda/ɓ̰ɗ̰ʄ̰/, dị ka ọ dị n'asụsụHausa, n'iche n'usoro n'ụdị okwu mkparị/ɓɗʄ/ dị ka ọ dị naKalabari, na ndị ikpe Ladefoged na nke a yiri ka ọ bụ nkọwa ziri ezi karị.
àgwàetiti ndị gbara ya gburugburu ekekọrịta mmekọrịta mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ ekekọrịta mmekọrịta