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Gbeya (Gbɛ́yá, Gbaya-Bossangoa) is a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue reports it may be mutually intelligible with Bozom.[2]

Not to be confused with Suma-Jumano language.
Gbeya
Native toCentral African Republic
Native speakers
(ca. 250,000 cited 1996–2005)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Savannas
      • Gbaya
        • Western
          • Bokoto–Bozom
            • Gbeya
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
gbp – Gbaya-Bossangoa
sqm – Suma
Glottologgbey1244

Suma (Súmā) is a language variety closely related to Gbeya.[3]


Phonology



Consonants


Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Labialvelar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k k͡p ʔ
voiced b d ɡ ɡ͡b
prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ ᵑᵐɡ͡b
ingressive ɓ ɗ
Nasal preglottalized ˀm ˀn
plain m n ŋ ŋ͡m
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v z
Lateral l
Tap/Flap ⱱ ɾ
Approximant j w

Vowels


Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

[4]


References


  1. Gbaya-Bossangoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Suma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Samarin, William J. (1966). The Gbeya language: Grammar, texts, and vocabularies (PDF). ASIN B000S2UYWE. hdl:1807/67174. OCLC 897343. Book reviewed in both Courtenay, Karen (1 January 1968). "Review of The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies". Language. 44 (2): 420–423. doi:10.2307/411642. hdl:1807/67174. JSTOR 411642, and Crabb, David W. (1969). "The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies . William J. Samarin". American Anthropologist. 71 (2): 365–366. doi:10.1525/aa.1969.71.2.02a00600.
  3. Suma materials from Raymond Boyd
  4. Samarin, William J. (1966). The Gbeya Language Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies (PDF). University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles.



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Le gbeya, aussi appelé suma, gbaya-bossangoa ou gbeya-suma, est une langue gbaya parlée en République centrafricaine dans la région de Bossangoa.


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