Gbeya language
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| Gbeya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Central African Republic |
Native speakers | (ca. 250,000 cited 1996–2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:gbp – Gbaya-Bossangoasqm – Suma |
| Glottolog | gbey1244dekk1240 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Gbeya (Gbɛ́yá, Gbaya-Bossangoa) is a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue reports it may be mutually intelligible with Bozom.[2]
Suma (Súmā) is a language variety closely related to Gbeya.[3]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialvelar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ɡ͡b | |||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | |||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||
| Nasal | preglottal | ˀm | ˀn | ||||
| plain | m | n | ŋ | ŋ͡m | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | |||
| voiced | v | z | |||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | ⱱ | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
Vowels
[edit | edit source]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Gbaya-Bossangoa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
Suma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon - ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Book reviewed in both Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). and Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Suma materials from Raymond Boyd Archived 2022-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
