West Banda language

West Banda is a minor Banda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.

"Gbi language" redirects here. For the Kru language, see Gbii language.
West Banda
Golo
Native toCentral African Republic, South Sudan
Native speakers
(7,500 cited 1982–1996)[1]
Ubangian
Language codes
ISO 639-3bbp
Glottologwest2458

Dialects

Dialects are Dakpa, Gbaga-Nord (Gbaga-2), Gbi, Vita, and Wojo (Hodjo), as reported by Ethnologue and Moñino (1988).[2]

Dákpá speakers live in some villages near the Sara people of Nyango; clans are Yangbà and Dèkò.[3]

Phonology

Consonants
Bilabial Labio-
dental		 Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Labial-
velar		 Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k kp ʔ
voiced ɟ ɡ ɡb
prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑɡ ᵑᵐɡb
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ h
voiced v z ʒ
prenasalized ᶬv ⁿz
Nasal m n ɲ ŋm
Tap/Flap ⱱ ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant j w

Vowels
Front Mid Back
Close i ɨ u
Close-mid e o
Mid ə
Open-mid ɔ
Open a

Vowel tones in West Banda are rising /ǎ/, falling /â/, mid /ā/, low /à/, and high /á/.

[4]

References
  1. West Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Moñino, Yves (1988). Lexique comparatif des langues oubanguiennes. Paris: Geuthner.
  3. Nougayrol, Pierre. 1989. Les Groupes Banda du Bamingui-Bangoran (RCA). Révue d'Ethnolinguistique (Cahiers du LACITO) 4: 197-208.
  4. Sampson, Douglas (1985). Studies in African Linguistics Supplement. pp. 269–274.


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