Bujeba also known as Bisio is a dialect of the Kwasio language spoken around Southern Bata and South of Rio Benito, in Equatorial Guinea.[1]

Bujeba
Bisio
Native toEquatorial Guinea
Native speakers
13,000 (2019)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
nmg – Kwasio–Mvumbo
Glottologkwas1243

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Post-alv./
Palatal
Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k (ʔ)
voiced b d ɡ
prenasal vl. ᵐp ⁿt ᵑk
prenasal vd. ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
Affricate voiceless p͡f (t͡s) t͡ʃ (k͡p)
voiced b͡v (d͡z) d͡ʒ (ɡ͡b)
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ
voiced v z ʒ (ɣ)
prenasal ᶬv ⁿz ᶮʒ
Approximant l j w
  • Other consonant sounds occur as palatalized /tʲ, dʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ/ and as labialized /ŋʷ/.
  • Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ are sometimes realized as [t͡s, d͡z] in free variation among speakers.
  • Sounds /t, d/ are phonetically dental as [t̪, d̪].
  • /ɡ/ may also be heard as [ɣ] in free variation.
  • Sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be lenited as [β, ɾ, ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
  • /l/ may also be heard as [r] in free variation.
  • Sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b/ are mostly heard from loanwords.
  • A glottal stop [ʔ] may also be heard, however; it is not phonemic and is only heard phonetically at the end of words.

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a
  • Vowels /i, e, o, u/ may also be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ɔ, ʊ] in unstressed positions.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Gomashie, Grace A. (21 February 2019). "Language Vitality of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea: Language Use and Attitudes". Humanities. 8: 33. doi:10.3390/h8010033.
  2. ^ Echegaray, Carlos Gonzalez (1960). Morfologia y Sintaxis de la Lengua Bujeba. Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos.
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