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Baka language (South Sudan)

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(Redirected from Baka language (Sudan)) Central Sudanic language of South Sudan Not to be confused with Baka language.
Baka
Native toSouth Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers60,000 (2017)
Language familyNilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3bdh
Glottologbaka1274

Baka (Tara Baka) is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan, with the majority living in an area centered on Maridi, South Sudan, but also a couple thousand speakers in the DRC. It has consonants with trilled release such as /dr/ and /ɡ͡bʙ/.

A 2013 survey reported that the Baka were the largest ethnic group in Maridi County, South Sudan. They also live in Baka Boma, Tore Payam, Yei County, South Sudan.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Alveopalatal Velar Labiovelar
Stop:
Voiceless p t c k kp
Voiced b d g gb
Prenasalized mb nd ŋg ŋmgb
Implosive ɓ ɗ 'y
Nasal: m n ɲ ŋ
Trill:
Voiceless tr kʙ̥
Voiced ʙ dr
Prenasalized ndr ŋmgʙ
Fricative:
Voiceless f s
Voiced v z
Prenasalized nv nz
Flap: ⱱ̟ r ř
Lateral: l
Semivowel: w y

Vowels

(-ATR)
Front Central Back
High ʟ ʊ
Low ɞ a ɔ

Neutral vowel: ɨ

(+ATR)
Front Central Back
High i u
Low e ə o

References

  1. Baka at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. "Village Assessment Survey". International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.
  3. Parker, Kirk H. (1985). Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 4. Juba, Sudan: Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Regional Languages and College of Education U. of Juba. pp. 63–85.
Languages of South Sudan
Official language
Indigenous languages
Main foreign languages
Central Sudanic languages
Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Bongo–Bagirmi
Bongo–Baka
Morokodo–Beli
Kara
Bagirmi
Sara
East
Central
West
Kaba
Vale
Yulu
Fongoro?
Sinyar?
Birri–Kresh
Birri
Kresh
Lendu–Mangbetu
Mangbetu–Asoa
Mangbutu–Lese
Lenduic
Moru–Madi
Moru
Central Ma'di
Southern Ma'di
Mimi-D?
Italics indicate extinct languages


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