South Banda language
| South Banda | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1996)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:lnl – South Central Bandalna – Langbashe |
| Glottolog | sout2786 |
South Banda is a
mutually intelligible
.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n
|
ɲ | ||||||
Plosive/
Affricate |
voiceless | p | t
|
t͡ʃ | k | k͡p | ʔ | ||
| voiced | b | d
|
d͡ʒ | ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿd͡ʒ | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | ||||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||||
Fricative
|
voiceless | f | s | ʃ | (χ) | h | |||
| voiced | v | z | ʒ | ʁ | |||||
| Tap | ɽ | ||||||||
| Lateral | l
|
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Approximant
|
j | w | |||||||
- /ʁ/ is heard as a voiceless fricative [χ] when occurring after a voiceless consonant.[2]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ ɔ̃ | |
| Open | a ã |
References
- ^ South Central Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Langbashe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Touguele, Samuel (2008). Phonologie et Morphologie de la langue ngbúgù parlée dans la Basse-Kotto en Centrafrique. Université de Yaoundé.
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