Pare | |
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Kipare, Casu | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | 500,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | asa |
Glottolog | asut1235 |
G.22 [2] |
Pare (Kipare), also known as Asu (Casu, Chasu, Athu, Chathu), is a Northeast Coast Bantu language spoken by the Pare people of Tanzania.
Phonology
[edit]Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | tɕ dʑ | k g | |
Prenasalized | ᵐp ᵐb | ⁿt ⁿd ⁿz | ⁿdʑ | ᵑk ᵑg | |
Fricative | f v | (θ) (ð) | s z | ɕ | x ɣ |
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Approximant | w | r, l | j |
- The dental fricatives /θ ð/ are only found in Swahili loanwords.
- /m/ can be syllabic.
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
Additionally, Pare distinguishes between high tone and low tone.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Pare at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ a b c Kagaya, Ryohei (1989). "A Classified Vocabulary of the Pare Language". Bantu Vocabulario Series. 6. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa: 1–179.