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The Baba language, Supapyak’, is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

Not to be confused with Papia Tugu language.
Baba
Papiak
Supapyak’
RegionCameroon
EthnicityPapiak
Native speakers
25,000 (2005)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3bbw
Glottologbaba1264

Phonology


Baba has a (C)V(C) syllable structure, with syllabic nasals. The only phonemes that can occur in the final position are /p, m, ŋ, ʔ, r/ and /x/. There are no vowel-initial roots but they can form morphemes.[2]

Baba Consonant Phonemes[2]
Labial Coronal Palatal Velar Labial-velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p t k k͡p ʔ
voiced ɡ͡b
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋ͡m
Trill r
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ x
voiced v ɣ
Approximant l j
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ

Between nasals and vowels, voiceless stops become voiced; a noticeable exception is /ɡ͡b/, which is its own separate phoneme. There are also some additional phonological processes that create the allophones of [r~d͡z], [l~d], [j~d͡ʒ], and [ɣ~g~w].[2]

Baba Vowel Phonemes[2]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e ə o
Open a

Vowels are also punctuated with contrastive high and low tones.[2]


References


  1. Baba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Pepandze, Nashipu Julius (2008-06-01). "A generative account of consonant alternations in Baba 1". Studies in African Linguistics. 37 (1): 94–99. doi:10.32473/sal.v37i1.107300. ISSN 2154-428X.



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На других языках

[de] Baba (Sprache)

Die Sprache Baba (auch baba 1, bapa, bapakum, papia, supapya’; ISO 639-3: bbw[1]) ist eine bantoide Sprache innerhalb der Gruppe Nun aus der Gruppe der Graslandsprachen, die von insgesamt 24.500 Personen[2] in der Kameruner Nordwestprovinz gesprochen wird.
- [en] Baba language

[fr] Baba (langue)

Le baba – également connu sous le nom de baba 1, bapa, bapakum, papia, papiakum, supapya, supapya' – est une langue bantoïde des Grassfields parlée par environ 24 500 personnes (2005) dans 5 villages de la région du Nord-Ouest au Cameroun, dans le département du Ngo-Ketunjia et l'arrondissement de Babessi, particulièrement à Baba I, dans la plaine de Ndop[1].


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