Cebaara language

Cebaara
Senari
Native toIvory Coast
Native speakers
(860,000 cited 1993)
Language codes
ISO 639-3sef
Glottologceba1235

Cebaara (Tyebala), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a major Senufo language, spoken by a million people in Ivory Coast.

Phonology

Cebaara has the following sound inventory:

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-
velar		 Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k k͡p ʔ
voiced b d ɟ ɡ ɡ͡b
Fricative voiceless f s
voiced v z
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Rhotic r
Lateral l
Approximant j w

Vowels

Oral vowels Nasal vowels
Front Central Back Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː ĩ ĩː ũ ũː
Close-mid e eː ə o oː
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː
Open a aː ã ãː

References

  1. ↑ Cebaara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Soro, Tenena Moise (1986). On Senari Tense and Aspect: An Analysis of the Cebaari of Korhogo. Northwestern University.
  3. ↑ Roulon-Doko, Paulette (1968). Essai d'une phonologie du tyembara, dialecte senoufo parlé à Korhogo. Bulletin de la SELAF (Société des Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France), 9.) Paris.