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Pare language

Pare language

Northeast Coast Bantu language of Tanzania

This article is about the Bantu language. For the Papuan language, see Pa language.

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

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Phonology

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  • The dental fricatives /θ ð/ are only found in Swahili loanwords.
  • /m/ can be syllabic.
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Additionally, Pare distinguishes between high tone and low tone.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Pare at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. [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.


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