Northwest Gbaya language

Northwest Gbaya
Spoken in:	Cameroon, Central African Republic
Total speakers:	65,000 in Cameroon
Language family:	Nnijer–Kongo; Atlantic–Congo; Savannas; Gbaya; Western; Northwest Gbaya
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	—
ISO 639-3:	gya
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Northwest Gbaya bụ asụsụ Gbaya nkè á na-asụ n'ofe Cameroon ná Central African Republic. Isi ụdị dị iche ichè bụ Kara (Kàrà, Gbaya Kara), áhà yá ná ọtụtụ asụsụ ndị agbata obi; Lay (Loney) bụ naanị obere mpaghara dị n'ebe ugwu Mbodomo, ná otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ n'etiti yá ná Toongo nkè á na-akpọghị áhà ná Moñino (2010), mana asụsụ Gbaya dị n' ndịda na-emetụta yá.

Màkà emume mmalite nwoke, ndị Gbaya Kara na-eji asụsụ á na-akpọ La'bi.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Ozi ndị á dabere ná 'Bodoe (Kàrà) ná olumba ùgwù:^[1]

Mkpụrụ okwu

		Ọnụ	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Ọnụ na-ekpuchi egbugbere ọnụ<br id="mwJA"><br><br><br>	Ọkụ
Ụgbọ imi		m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋ͡m
Plosive	enweghị olu	p	t		k	k͡p	ʔ
	kwuru okwu	b	d		ɡ	ɡ͡b
	Nwanyị na-agba agba	mb	nd		ŋɡ	ŋmɡ͡b
	implosive	ɓ	ka
Ihe na-esiri ike	enweghị olu	f	s				h
Ihe na-esiri ike	kwuru okwu	v	z
Tap/Trill		(nke a na-akpọ)	r
Ihe atụ			l	j		w

Ọ bụ naanị n'ime adverbs ideophonic n'ime okwu mbido mà ọ bụ ọnọdụ intervocalic.^[2]

Mkpụrụedemede

Mkpụrụedemede ọnụ
	N'ihu	Central	Nlaghachi
N'akụkụ	i iː		u uː
N'etiti etiti	e eː		o oː
Mepee n'etiti	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Emeghe		a aː

/w/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka etiti mgbe ọ na-esote ụdaume n'ihu /i, e, ɛ/.

Mkpụrụ ụdaume imi
	N'ihu	Central	Nlaghachi
N'akụkụ	Ọ dị ike:		ũ ũː
Mepee n'etiti	ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː		ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː
Emeghe		À n'ala a:

Á na-anụ /w/ dị ka [w̃] mgbe ọ na-ebute ụdaume imi.^[2]

Usoro ide ihe

Paulette Roulon-Doko na-eji transcription phonetic eme ìhè n'ọrụ ná Northwest Gbaya. na-ahụ ụdaume imi n'ebe ahụ ná tilde n'okpuru mkpụrụedemede ụdaume Ōa, ɛ, Ōa.

Mkpụrụ akwụkwọ phonetic nke Northwest Gbaya [1]
a	b	ɓ	d	ka	na	Ọ bụ	f	g	gb	h	i	k	kp	l	m	mb	n	nd	ng	ngb	ɲ	ŋ	nm	p	Ọ bụ n'afọ	p	r	s	t	u	v	Akụkọ banyere ya	w	na	z	ʔ

Na Cameroon, a na-eji mkpụrụedemede dabere ná General Alphabet of Cameroonian Languages, karịsịa ná ntụgharị Bible n'asụsụ Gbaya nke Alliance biblique du Cameroun bipụtara. Á na-ahụ ụdaume imi n'ebe ahụ ná cedilla n'okpuru mkpụrụedemede ụdaume Ōa̧, ɛ̧, i̧, ɔ̧, u̧.

Mkpụrụ akwụkwọ Northwest Gbaya (Cameroon)
a	b	ɓ	d	ka	na	Ọ bụ	f	g	gb	h	i	k	kp	l	m	mb	n	nd	ng	ngb	ny	ŋ	nm	p	Ọ bụ n'afọ	p	r	s	t	u	v	w	na	z	Ọdịdị

Edensibia

↑ Roulon-Doko (1997). Parlons Gbaya. Paris: L'Harmattan.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Moñino (1995). Gbaya du Nord (Kara, Yaayuwee). Le proto-Gbaya : essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langes de'Afrique centrale: Paris : Peeters, 58. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content

[1] Roulon-Doko (1997). Parlons Gbaya. Paris: L'Harmattan.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Moñino (1995). Gbaya du Nord (Kara, Yaayuwee). Le proto-Gbaya : essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langes de'Afrique centrale: Paris : Peeters, 58. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content

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