Gbaya-Bossangoa_language

Gbeya language

Gbeya language

Gbaya language spoken in Central Africa

Not to be confused with Suma-Jumano language.

Gbeya (Gbɛ́yá, Gbaya-Bossangoa) is a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue reports it may be mutually intelligible with Bozom.[2]

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Suma (Súmā) is a language variety closely related to Gbeya.[3]

Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

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References

  1. [1]
    Gbaya-Bossangoa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Suma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Dek (duplicate of Suma) at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Samarin, William J. (1966). The Gbeya language: Grammar, texts, and vocabularies (PDF). ASIN B000S2UYWE. hdl:1807/67174. OCLC 897343. Book reviewed in both Courtenay, Karen (1 January 1968). "Review of The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies". Language. 44 (2): 420–423. doi:10.2307/411642. hdl:1807/67174. JSTOR 411642, and Crabb, David W. (1969). "The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies . William J. Samarin". American Anthropologist. 71 (2): 365–366. doi:10.1525/aa.1969.71.2.02a00600.
  3. [3]
    Suma materials from Raymond Boyd
  4. [4]
    Samarin, William J. (1966). The Gbeya Language Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies (PDF). University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles.


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