Baïnounk Gubëeher Explained

Baïnounk Gubëeher
Nativename:Baïnounk Gubëeher
States:Senegal
Speakers:less than 1000 Gubeeher proper
Ref:[1]
Date:2011
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Senegambian
Fam4:Wolof–Nyun
Fam5:Nyun-Buy
Fam6:Banyum[2]
Dia1:Gubeeher
Dia2:Gufangor
Dia3:Gubelor
Script:Latin script
Iso3:none
Glotto:gube1234
Glottorefname:Gubeeher-Gufangor-Gubelor

Baïnounk Gubëeher is a minority language of Senegal, whose speakers are concentrated in Djibonker, Casamance.

Phonology

Consonants

The consonant phonemes of Baïnounk Gubëeher are as follows:

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Stoppronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Flappronounced as /link/

Notes

Vowels

The vowel phonemes of Baïnounk Gubëeher are as follows:

FrontCentralBack
shortlongshortlongshortlong
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Near-closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Close-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Open-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Length is phonemic for all vowels. The difference between pronounced as //i, u// and pronounced as //ɪ, ʊ// is hard to perceive, and minimal pairs are rare.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baïnounk Gubëeher.
  2. Web site: Endangered Languages Project - Baïnounk Gubëeher.