Baka language (South Sudan)
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| Baka | |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
