Berba language
{{Short description|Gur language spoken in Benin}}
{{distinguish|Bariba language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Berba
|altname=Bieri
|nativename=Biali
|states=Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo
|speakers={{sigfig|183,080|2}}
|date=1991–2021
|ref=e26
|dia1=Dassari
|dia2=Gouande
|dia3=Materi
|dia4=Pingou
|dia5=Porga
|dia6=Tangeta
|dia7=Tihoun
|script=Latin
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Gur
|fam4=Northern
|fam5=Oti–Volta
|fam6=Eastern (Somba)
|minority={{flag|Benin}}
|iso3=beh
|glotto=bial1238
|glottorefname=Biali
}}
Berba, also known as Biali, Bieri, Bjeri, Bjerbe or Bialaba, is a Gur language of Benin. There are also a thousand or so speakers in the Kompienga Province of Burkina Faso, where they are believed to have originated in the Savanes Region of Togo.
Writing system
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|+ Alphabet* {{cite web|title=Miyobe written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters|url=http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=wrSys_detail_sym&key=beh-Latn|website=ScriptSource.org}}{{fact|date=June 2022}} | |||||||||||||||||
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! uppercase | A | B | C | D | E
| Ə | F | G | H | I
| K | L | M | N | O
| P | R | S | T | U
| W | Y |
| ----
! lowercase | a | b | c | d | e
| ə | f | g | h | i
| k | l | m | n | o
| p | r | s | t | u
| w | y |
The acute accent on the vowel {{anglebracket|á é ə́ í ó ú}} is used to indicate high tone when there is ambiguity.
References
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{{Languages of Benin}}
{{Gur languages}}
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