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 | |
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Bisio | |
Native to | Equatorial Guinea |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2019) |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nmg – Kwasio–Mvumbo |
Glottolog | kwas1243 |
Phonology
editConsonants
editLabial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
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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
editFront | Central | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Open | a aː |
- Vowels /i, e, o, u/ may also be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ɔ, ʊ] in unstressed positions.[2]
References
edit- ^ Gomashie, Grace A. (21 February 2019). "Language Vitality of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea: Language Use and Attitudes". Humanities. 8: 33. doi:10.3390/h8010033.
- ^ Echegaray, Carlos Gonzalez (1960). Morfologia y Sintaxis de la Lengua Bujeba. Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos.
External links
edit- Equatorial Guinea- Ethnic Composition, World Atlas