Wamey language

{{Infobox language

| name = Wamey

| nativename = Konyagi

| speakers = 38,000

| date = 2014-2015

| ref = {{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/cou|title=Wamey|work=Ethnologue|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en}}

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

| fam3 = Atlantic

| fam4 = Senegambian

| fam5 = Tenda

| iso3 = cou

| glotto = wame1240

| glottorefname = Wamey

| pushpin_map = Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|12|33|N|13|11|W}}

}}

Wamey ([wæ-meỹ],Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Meyny), or Konyagi (Conhague, Coniagui, Koniagui), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by the Konyagui people.

Phonology

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" \|+Wamey consonants{{Cite book \|last=Santos \|first=R. \|url=https://phoible.org/sources/santos1977 \|title=Phonologie et Morphotonologie de la Langue Wey (Konyagi) \|date=1977 \|publisher=Centre de Linguistique Appliquée de Dakar \|series=Les Langues Africaines au Senegal \|volume=69 \|location=Dakar}} ! !Bilabial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Labiovelar
Plosive \|p b mp mb \|t d nt nd \|c ɟ ɲc ɲɟ \|k ɡ ŋk ŋg \|k^w g^w ŋk^w
Voiced implosive \|{{IPA link\|ɓ}} \|ɗ \|ʄ \| \|
Nasal \|m \|n \|ɲ \|ŋ \|ŋ^w
Trill \| \|r r̠̙ \| \| \|
Fricative \|ɸ β \|s \| \|x \|x^w
Approximant \| \| \|j j̃ \| \|w w̃
Lateral approximant \| \|l l̃ \| \| \|

class="wikitable"

|+Wamey consonants{{Cite book |last=Santos |first=R. |url=https://phoible.org/sources/santos1977 |title=Phonologie et Morphotonologie de la Langue Wey (Konyagi) |date=1977 |publisher=Centre de Linguistique Appliquée de Dakar |series=Les Langues Africaines au Senegal |volume=69 |location=Dakar}}

!

!Bilabial

!Alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Labiovelar

Plosive

|p b mp mb

|t d nt nd

|c ɟ ɲc ɲɟ

|k ɡ ŋk ŋg

|k^w g^w ŋk^w

Voiced implosive

|{{IPA link|ɓ}}

|ɗ

|ʄ

|

Nasal

|m

|n

|ɲ

|ŋ

|ŋ^w

Trill

|

|r r̠̙

|

Fricative

|ɸ β

|s

|

|x

|x^w

Approximant

|

|j j̃

|

|w w̃

Lateral approximant

|

|l l̃

|

= Vowels =

class="wikitable" \|+Wamey vowels ! !Front !Central !Back
Close \|{{IPA link\|i}} \| \|{{IPA link\|u}}
Mid \|{{IPA link\|ɛ}} \|{{IPA link\|ə}} \|
Open-mid \|{{IPA link\|æ}} \| \|{{IPA link\|ɔ}}
Open \|{{IPA link\|a}} \| \|

class="wikitable"

|+Wamey vowels

!

!Front

!Central

!Back

Close

|{{IPA link|i}}

|

|{{IPA link|u}}

Mid

|{{IPA link|ɛ}}

|{{IPA link|ə}}

|

Open-mid

|{{IPA link|æ}}

|

|{{IPA link|ɔ}}

Open

|{{IPA link|a}}

|

References

Category:Fula–Tenda languages

Category:Languages of Senegal

Category:Languages of Guinea