Bujeba dialect explained

Bujeba
States:Equatorial Guinea
Speakers:13,000
Date:2019
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantu (Zone A)
Fam5:Makaa–Njem
Fam6:Mvumboic
Lc1:nmg
Ld1:Kwasio–Mvumbo
Glotto:kwas1243
Fam7:Kwasio
Also Known As:Bisio

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]

Phonology

Consonants

LabialDental/
Alveolar
Post-alv./
Palatal
VelarGlottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
prenasal vl.pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
prenasal vd.pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Affricatevoicelesspronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)
voicedpronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/(pronounced as /link/)
prenasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Midpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/

External links

Notes and References

  1. Gomashie . Grace A. . 21 February 2019 . Language Vitality of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea: Language Use and Attitudes . Humanities 2019 . 8 . 33.
  2. Book: Echegaray, Carlos Gonzalez . Morfologia y Sintaxis de la Lengua Bujeba . Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos . 1960.