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Baka (Tara Baka) is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan, and the Democratic republic of the Congo, with the majority living in an area centered on Maridi, South Sudan, but also a couple thousand speakers in the DRC. It has consonants with trilled release such as /dr/ and /ɡ͡bʙ/.

Not to be confused with Baka language.
Baka
Native toSouth Sudan, Democratic republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(626,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3bdh
Glottologbaka1274

A 2013 survey reported that the Baka were the largest ethnic group in Maridi County, South Sudan. They also live in Baka Boma, Tore Payam, Yei County, South Sudan.[2]


Phonology



Consonants


Labial Alveolar Alveopalatal Velar Labiovelar
Stop:
Voiceless p t c k kp
Voiced b d g gb
Prenasalized mb nd ŋg ŋmgb
Implosive ɓ ɗ 'y
Nasal: m n ɲ ŋ
Trill:
Voiceless tr kʙ̥
Voiced ʙ dr gʙ
Prenasalized ndr ŋmgʙ
Fricative:
Voiceless f s
Voiced v z
Prenasalized nv nz
Flap: ⱱ̟ r ř
Lateral: l
Semivowel: w y

Vowels


(-ATR)
Front Central Back
High ʟ ʊ
Low ɞ a ɔ

Neutral vowel: ɨ

(+ATR)
Front Central Back
High i u
Low e ə o

[3]


References


  1. Baka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "Village Assessment Survey". International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.
  3. Parker, Kirk H. (1985). Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 4. Juba, Sudan: Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Regional Languages and College of Education U. of Juba. pp. 63–85.


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[fr] Baka (langue nilo-saharienne)

Le baka est une langue nilo-saharienne parlée dans la région de Madiri, dans le Soudan du Sud. La langue est aussi parlée en République démocratique du Congo.


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