Bujeba dialect
Bantu language of southern Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
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Bujeba also known as Bisio is a dialect of the Kwasio language spoken around Southern Bata and South of Rio Benito, in Equatorial Guinea.[1]
NativetoEquatorial Guinea
Native speakers
13,000 (2019)| Bujeba | |
|---|---|
| Bisio | |
| Native to | Equatorial Guinea |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2019) |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nmg |
| Glottolog | kwas1243 |
Phonology
Consonants
- Other consonant sounds occur as palatalized /tʲ, dʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ/ and as labialized /ŋʷ/.
- Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ are sometimes realized as [t͡s, d͡z] in free variation among speakers.
- Sounds /t, d/ are phonetically dental as [t̪, d̪].
- /ɡ/ may also be heard as [ɣ] in free variation.
- Sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be lenited as [β, ɾ, ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
- /l/ may also be heard as [r] in free variation.
- Sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b/ are mostly heard from loanwords.
- A glottal stop [ʔ] may also be heard, however; it is not phonemic and is only heard phonetically at the end of words.
Vowels
- Vowels /i, e, o, u/ may also be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ɔ, ʊ] in unstressed positions.[2]