Kaba_Na_language

Kaba language

Kaba language

Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the CAR

Kaba proper is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic. It is one of several local languages that go by the names Kaba and Sara. There are three ISO codes, which Ethnologue acknowledges may be the same thing.

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Phonology

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • /k/ can often be heard as a uvular plosive [q].
  • /k/ can also often be pronounced as a fricative /x/ by some speakers.
  • /ɗ/ is often interchangeable with [r], but is pronounced [ɗ] in careful speech, except word-finally, where it is pronounced [r].
  • /tʃ/ is only found in one word.
More information Front, Central ...
  • Vowel length is often not regarded to be phonemic, but it is a contrastive feature in the verbal morphology.

Kaba has three tones: high, low, and mid.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Kaba Náà at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Sara Kaba (Ta Sara) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kaba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Keegan, John M.; Koutou, Kodé (2015). Dictionary of Na: Na-French / French Na, with Introduction in English. Cuenca: Morkeg Books. pp. ii–x.


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