Naba language

Naba
Naba
Tar Melbene
Native to	Chari-Baguirmi prefectures
Ethnicity	Lisi
Native speakers	510,000 (2019)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Bagirmi Naba; ; ; ;
Dialects	Bilala; Kuka; Mendogo;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mne
Glottolog	naba1253

Naba is a

Arabic is often spoken as a second language.^[1]

Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	plain	(p) b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k ɡ
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿdʒ	ᵑɡ
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative		f	s z			h
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Rhotic			r / ɻ
Approximant		w	l	j

/f/ can also be heard as [p] in initial position, in free variation.
/tʃ/ can also be heard as [ʃ] when in intervocalic positions.
Affricate sounds /tʃ, dʒ/ are heard as palatal stop sounds [c, ɟ] when affected by fortition in pre-consonantal positions.
/r/ may be heard as approximants [ɻ, ɹ] in intervocalic positions. It may also be pronounced as a uvular trill [ʀ] when before back vowels in intervocalic positions.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Naba at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ Scherrer, Elaine Marie (2022). A phonological description of Naba. Afrika und Übersee 95. pp. 76–134.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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