Cebaara language

{{Infobox language

|name=Cebaara

|nativename=Senari

|states=Ivory Coast

|region=

|speakers={{sigfig|862,000|2}}

|date=1993

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Senufo

|fam4=Senari

|iso3=sef

|glotto=ceba1235

|glottorefname=Senari

}}

Cebaara (Tyebala), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a major Senufo language, spoken by a million people in Ivory Coast.

Phonology

Cebaara has the following sound inventory:{{Cite book|last=Soro|first=Tenena Moise|title=On Senari Tense and Aspect: An Analysis of the Cebaari of Korhogo|publisher=Northwestern University|year=1986}}

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center ! colspan="2" \| !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Labio- velar !Glottal
rowspan="2" \|Plosive !voiceless \|p \|t \|c \|k \|k͡p \|ʔ
voiced \|b \|d \|ɟ \|ɡ \|ɡ͡b \|
rowspan="2" \|Fricative !voiceless \|f \|s \| \| \| \|
voiced \|v \|z \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|m \|n \|ɲ \|ŋ \| \|
colspan="2" \|Rhotic \| \|r \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Lateral \| \|l \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Approximant \| \| \|j \| \|w \|

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Plosive

!voiceless

|k͡p

|ʔ

voiced

|ɟ

|ɡ

|ɡ͡b

rowspan="2" |Fricative

!voiceless

voiced

colspan="2" |Nasal

|ɲ

|ŋ

colspan="2" |Rhotic

colspan="2" |Lateral

colspan="2" |Approximant

/b/ can be heard as a voiced fricative [β] when in intervocalic position.
Voiceless stops /p, t/ can occur as slightly voiced before /i/ as [p̬, t̬]
/s/ can be palatalized before an /i/, and can be recognized as a post-alveolar fricative [ʃ] before another vowel in /siV/ position.
Palatal sounds /c, ɟ/ can also be heard as affricate sounds [t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ] within free variation.
/ŋ/ can also be heard as a post-nasal [ɡ ̃] within word final positions.{{Cite book|last=Roulon-Doko|first=Paulette|title=Essai d'une phonologie du tyembara, dialecte senoufo parlé à Korhogo|publisher=Bulletin de la SELAF (Société des Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France), 9.) Paris|year=1968}}

= Vowels =

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center ! rowspan="2" \| ! colspan="3" \|Oral vowels ! colspan="3" \|Nasal vowels
Front !Central !Back !Front !Central !Back
Close \|i iː \| \|u uː \|ĩ ĩː \| \|ũ ũː
Close-mid \|e eː \| rowspan="2" \|ə \|o oː \| \| \|
Open-mid \|ɛ ɛː \|ɔ ɔː \|ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː \| \|ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː
Open \| \|a aː \| \| \|ã ãː \|

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center

! rowspan="2" |

! colspan="3" |Oral vowels

! colspan="3" |Nasal vowels

|i iː

|u uː