Pare language

Pare
Kipare, Casu
Native toTanzania
Native speakers
(500,000 cited 2000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3asa
Glottologasut1235
G.22

Pare (Kipare), also known as Asu (Casu, Chasu, Athu, Chathu), is a Northeast Coast Bantu language spoken by the Pare people of Tanzania.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive p b t d tɕ dʑ k g
Prenasalized ᵐp ᵐb ⁿt ⁿd ⁿz ⁿdʑ ᵑk ᵑg
Fricative f v (θ) (ð) s z ɕ x ɣ
Nasal m n ŋ
Approximant w r, l j
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Additionally, Pare distinguishes between high tone and low tone.

References

  1. ↑ Pare at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. 1 2 3 Kagaya, Ryohei (1989). "A Classified Vocabulary of the Pare Language". Bantu Vocabulario Series. 6. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa: 1–179.