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Bujeba dialect

{{Short description|Bantu language of southern Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Bujeba

| states = Equatorial Guinea

| speakers = 13,000

| date = 2019

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

| fam3 = Benue–Congo

| fam4 = Bantu (Zone A)

| fam5 = Makaa–Njem

| fam6 = Mvumboic

| ld1 = Kwasio–Mvumbo

| glotto = kwas1243

| fam7 = Kwasio

| altname = Bisio

| iso3 = nmg

}}

Bujeba also known as Bisio is a dialect of the Kwasio language spoken around Southern Bata and South of Rio Benito, in Equatorial Guinea.{{Cite journal |last=Gomashie |first=Grace A. |date=21 February 2019 |title=Language Vitality of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea: Language Use and Attitudes |journal=Humanities |volume=8 |issue= |page= 33|doi=10.3390/h8010033|doi-access=free }}

Phonology

= Consonants =

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! colspan="2" |

!Labial

!Dental/
Alveolar

!Post-alv./
Palatal

!Velar

!Glottal

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! colspan="2" |Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

|

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! rowspan="4" |Plosive

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|t̪|t}}

|

|{{IPA link|k}}

|({{IPA link|ʔ}})

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!voiced

|{{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|d̪|d}}

|

|{{IPA link|ɡ}}

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prenasal vl.

|{{IPA link|ᵐp}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿt}}

|

|{{IPA link|ᵑk}}

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prenasal vd.

|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}

|

|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}

|

rowspan="2" |Affricate

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|p͡f}}

|({{IPA link|t͡s}})

|{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}

|({{IPA link|k͡p}})

|

voiced

|{{IPA link|b͡v}}

|({{IPA link|d͡z}})

|{{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}

|({{IPA link|ɡ͡b}})

|

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! rowspan="3" |Fricative

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|f}}

|{{IPA link|s}}

|{{IPA link|ʃ}}

|

|

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!voiced

|{{IPA link|v}}

|{{IPA link|z}}

|{{IPA link|ʒ}}

|({{IPA link|ɣ}})

|

prenasal

|{{IPA link|ᶬv}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿz}}

|{{IPA link|ᶮʒ}}

|

|

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! colspan="2" |Approximant

|

|{{IPA link|l}}

|{{IPA link|j}}

|{{IPA link|w}}

|

  • Other consonant sounds occur as palatalized /tʲ, dʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ/ and as labialized /ŋʷ/.
  • Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ are sometimes realized as [t͡s, d͡z] in free variation among speakers.
  • Sounds /t, d/ are phonetically dental as [t̪, d̪].
  • /ɡ/ may also be heard as [ɣ] in free variation.
  • Sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be lenited as [β, ɾ, ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
  • /l/ may also be heard as [r] in free variation.
  • Sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b/ are mostly heard from loanwords.
  • A glottal stop [ʔ] may also be heard, however; it is not phonemic and is only heard phonetically at the end of words.

= Vowels =

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!

!Front

!Central

!Back

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!Close

|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}

|

|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}

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!Mid

|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}}

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|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}

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!Open

|

|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}

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  • Vowels /i, e, o, u/ may also be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ɔ, ʊ] in unstressed positions.{{Cite book |last=Echegaray |first=Carlos Gonzalez |title=Morfologia y Sintaxis de la Lengua Bujeba |publisher=Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos |year=1960}}

References

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External links

  • [https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-ethnic-composition-of-the-population-of-equatorial-guinea.html Equatorial Guinea- Ethnic Composition], World Atlas

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kwasio language}}

Category:Makaa-Njem languages

Category:Languages of Equatorial Guinea