Basaa language
Basaa language
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| Basaa | |
|---|---|
| Mbene | |
| ɓasaá | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Centre and Littoral Provinces |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2005 SIL)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | bas |
| ISO 639-3 | bas |
| Glottolog | basa1284[2] |
Guthrie code | A.43a[3] |
Basaa (also spelled Bassa, Basa, Bissa), or Mbene, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon by the Basaa people. It is spoken by about 300,000 people in Centre and Littoral regions.
Maho (2009) lists North and South Kogo as dialects.
Contents
1 Phonology
1.1 Vowels
1.2 Consonants
1.3 Tone
2 References
Phonology[edit]
Vowels[edit]
Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
Close | i, iː | u, uː |
Close-mid | e, eː | o, oː |
Open-mid | ɛ, ɛː | ɔ, ɔː |
Open | a, aː | |
Consonants[edit]
Bilabial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stop | p | t | c, ɟ | k | kʷ, ɡʷ |
Implosive | ɓ | ||||
Fricative | s | x | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋʷ |
Prenasalized stop | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | |
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | j | w |
- When not root-initial and not after a pause, the voiceless stops /p t k/ are realized as voiced stops or voiced fricatives.
Tone[edit]
Basaa contrasts four tones: high, low, high-to-low (falling) and low-to-high (rising).
References[edit]
^ Basaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Basa (Cameroon)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Hyman, Larry M. (2003). "Basaá (A.43)". In Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard. The Bantu Languages. Routledge. pp. 257–282. ISBN 0-7007-1134-1.
 | Basaa language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
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See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages | |
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