West Banda is a minor Banda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.[citation needed]
West Banda | |
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Golo | |
Native to | Central African Republic, South Sudan |
Native speakers | (7,500 cited 1982–1996)[1] |
Language family | Ubangian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bbp |
Glottolog | west2458 |
Dialects are Dakpa, Gbaga-Nord (Gbaga-2), Gbi, Vita, and Wojo (Hodjo), as reported by Ethnologue and Moñino (1988).[2]
Dákpá speakers live in some villages near the Sara people of Nyango; clans are Yangbà and Dèkò.[3]
Bilabial | Labio- dental |
Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Labial- velar |
Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | kp | ʔ | |||
voiced | ɟ | ɡ | ɡb | |||||||
prenasalized | mb | nd | ɲɟ | ŋɡ | ŋmɡb | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | |||||
voiced | v | z | ʒ | |||||||
prenasalized | ɱv | nz | ||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋm | ||||||
Tap/Flap | ⱱ | ɾ | ||||||||
Lateral | l | |||||||||
Approximant | j | w |
Front | Mid | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Mid | ə | ||
Open-mid | ɔ | ||
Open | a |
Vowel tones in West Banda are rising /ǎ/, falling /â/, mid /ā/, low /à/, and high /á/.
Languages of South Sudan | |
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Official language | |
Indigenous languages | |
Immigrant languages |
Ubangian languages | |
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Gbaya | |
Zande | |
Banda | |
Sere | |
Ngbaka | |
Mba | |
Ngbandi |