Northern Birifor language

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Malba Birifor
Bɩrfʋɔr
Native toBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast
EthnicityBirifor
Native speakers
(110,000 in Burkina Faso cited 1993)[1]
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Gur
      • Northern
        • Oti–Volta
          • Moré–Dagbani
            • Moré
              • Dagaare–Birifor
                • Birifor
                  • Malba Birifor
Latin (Malba Birifor alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bfo
Glottologmalb1235

Northern Birifor or Malba Birifor is a

Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by a few hundred thousand people, mainly in the southwest of Burkina Faso, particularly in the provinces of Bougouriba, Ioba, Noumbiel and Poni and in western Ivory Coast
.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i iː ĩ ĩː u uː ũ ũː
Near-close ɪ ɪː ɪ̃ ɪ̃ː ʊ ʊː ʊ̃ ʊ̃ː
Close-mid e eː ẽ ẽː o oː õ õː
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː ɔ ɔː ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː
Open a aː ã ãː

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-
velar 		Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate 		voiceless p t c k k͡p
voiced b d ɟ ɡ ɡ͡b
Implosive
 voiced ɓ
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v
Nasal plain m n ɲ ŋ͡m
Approximant
 plain l j w
glottal
 		ˀl ˀj
Trill r

Orthography

It is written in this alphabet:[2]

Majuscules
A Ã B Ɓ C D E Ẽ Ɛ Ɛ̃ F G Gb H I Ĩ Ɩ Ɩ̃ J K Kp L ʹL M N Ny Ŋm O Õ Ɔ Ɔ̃ P R S T U Ũ Ʋ Ʋ̃ V W Y Ƴ
Minuscules
a ã b ɓ c d e ẽ ɛ ɛ̃ f g gb h i ĩ ɩ ɩ̃ j k kp l ʹl m n ny ŋm o õ ɔ ɔ̃ p r s t u ũ ʋ ʋ̃ v w y ƴ
Phonetic value
a ã b ɓ c
d
 		e ẽ ɛ ɛ̃ f ɡ ɡ͡b h i ĩ ɪ ɪ̃ ɟ k k͡p
l
 		ˀl m
n
 		ɲ ŋ͡m o õ ɔ ɔ̃ p
r
 		s
t
 		u ũ ʊ ʊ̃ v w j ˀj

Long vowels are written double but without doubling the nasal tilde, e.g. ⟨ẽe⟩ for /ẽː/

References

  1. ^ Malba Birifor at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ http://vimeo.com/172854837
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