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West Banda language

{{Short description|Ubangian language spoken in Central Africa}}

{{redirect|Gbi language|the Kru language|Gbii language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=West Banda

|altname=Golo

|states=Central African Republic, South Sudan

|speakers=7,500

|date=1982–1996

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam1=Ubangian

|fam2=Banda

|fam3=

|iso3=bbp

|glotto=west2458

|glottorefname=West Central Banda

}}

West Banda is a minor Banda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}

Dialects

Dialects are Dakpa, Gbaga-Nord (Gbaga-2), Gbi, Vita, and Wojo (Hodjo), as reported by Ethnologue and Moñino (1988).Moñino, Yves (1988). Lexique comparatif des langues oubanguiennes. Paris: Geuthner.

Dákpá speakers live in some villages near the Sara people of Nyango; clans are Yangbà and Dèkò.Nougayrol, Pierre. 1989. Les Groupes Banda du Bamingui-Bangoran (RCA). Révue d'Ethnolinguistique (Cahiers du LACITO) 4: 197-208.

Phonology

= Consonants =

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!Bilabial

!Labio-
dental

!Dental

!Alveolar

!Post-
alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Labial-
velar

!Glottal

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! rowspan="3" |Plosive

!voiceless

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|{{IPA link|kp}}

|{{IPA link|ʔ}}

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!voiced

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|{{IPA link|ɟ}}

|{{IPA link|ɡ}}

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!prenasalized

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|{{IPA link|ᶮɟ}}

|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}

|{{IPA link|ᵑᵐɡb}}

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! rowspan="3" |Fricative

!voiceless

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|{{IPA link|ʃ}}

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!voiced

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|{{IPA link|z}}

|{{IPA link|ʒ}}

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!prenasalized

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|{{IPA link|ⁿz}}

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! colspan="2" |Nasal

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|{{IPA link|ɲ}}

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! colspan="2" |Tap/Flap

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|{{IPA link|ⱱ}}

|{{IPA link|ɾ}}

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! colspan="2" |Lateral

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! colspan="2" |Approximant

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= Vowels =

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!Front

!Mid

!Back

align="center"

!Close

|{{IPA link|i}}

|{{IPA link|ɨ}}

|{{IPA link|u}}

align="center"

!Close-mid

|{{IPA link|e}}

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|{{IPA link|o}}

align="center"

!Mid

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|{{IPA link|ə}}

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align="center"

!Open-mid

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|{{IPA link|ɔ}}

align="center"

!Open

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|{{IPA link|a}}

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Vowel tones in West Banda are rising /ǎ/, falling /â/, mid /ā/, low /à/, and high /á/.{{Cite book|title=Studies in African Linguistics Supplement|last=Sampson|first=Douglas|year=1985|pages=269–274}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Languages of South Sudan}}

{{Ubangian languages}}

Category:Languages of the Central African Republic

Category:Languages of South Sudan

Category:Banda languages

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