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(Redirected from Gbaya-Bossangoa) Gbaya language spoken in Central Africa Not to be confused with Suma-Jumano language.

Gbeya
Native to	Central African Republic
Native speakers	(ca. 250,000 cited 1996–2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Savannas Gbaya Western Bokoto–Bozom Gbeya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `gbp` – Gbaya-Bossangoa `sqm` – Suma
Glottolog	`gbey1244` `dekk1240`

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

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

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labialvelar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	k͡p	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ	ɡ͡b
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑɡ	ᵑᵐɡ͡b
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Nasal	preglottal	ˀm	ˀn
Nasal	plain	m	n		ŋ	ŋ͡m
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
Fricative	voiced	v	z
Lateral			l
Tap/Flap		ⱱ	ɾ
Approximant				j		w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

References

Gbaya-Bossangoa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Suma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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.
Suma materials from Raymond Boyd
Samarin, William J. (1966). The Gbeya Language Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies (PDF). University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles.

External links

Suma materials from Raymond Boyd

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