West Banda language

West Banda
Golo
Native to Central African Republic, South Sudan
Native speakers
(7,500 cited 1982–1996)[1]
Ubangian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bbp
Glottolog west2458[2]

West Banda is a minor Banda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.. Dialects: Dakpa, Gbaga-Nord (Gbaga-2), Gbi, Vita, Wojo (Hodjo).

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labial Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Labialvelar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k kp ʔ
voiced ɟ ɡ ɡb
prenasalized mb ɱv nd nz ɲɟ ŋɡ ŋmɡb
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ h
voiced v z ʒ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋm
Tap/Flap ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant j w

Vowels

Front Mid Back
Close i ɨ u
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɔ
Open a

Vowel tones in West Banda are rising /ǎ/, falling /â/, mid /ā/, low /à/, and high /á/.

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References

  1. West Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "West Central Banda". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Sampson, Douglas (1985). Studies in African Linguistics Supplement. pp. 269–274.


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