Baka | |
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Native to | South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | 60,000 (2017)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bdh |
Glottolog | baka1274 |
Baka (Tara Baka) is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan, with the majority living in an area centered on Maridi, South Sudan, but also a couple thousand speakers in the DRC. It has consonants with trilled release such as /dr/ and /ɡ͡bʙ/.
A 2013 survey reported that the Baka were the largest ethnic group in Maridi County, South Sudan. They also live in Baka Boma, Tore Payam, Yei County, South Sudan.[2]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Alveopalatal | Velar | Labiovelar | |
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Stop: | |||||
Voiceless | p | t | c | k | kp |
Voiced | b | d | g | gb | |
Prenasalized | mb | nd | ŋg | ŋmgb | |
Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | 'y | ||
Nasal: | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Trill: | |||||
Voiceless | tr | kʙ̥ | |||
Voiced | ʙ | dr | gʙ | ||
Prenasalized | ndr | ŋmgʙ | |||
Fricative: | |||||
Voiceless | f | s | |||
Voiced | v | z | |||
Prenasalized | nv | nz | |||
Flap: | ⱱ̟ | r | ř | ||
Lateral: | l | ||||
Semivowel: | w | y |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | ʟ | ʊ | |
Low | ɞ | a | ɔ |
Neutral vowel: ɨ
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Low | e | ə | o |
References
[edit]- ^ Baka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Village Assessment Survey". International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.
- ^ Parker, Kirk H. (1985). Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 4. Juba, Sudan: Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Regional Languages and College of Education U. of Juba. pp. 63–85.