Gbeya language should not be confused with Suma-Jumano language.
| Gbeya | |
| States: | Central African Republic |
| Speakers: | ca. 250,000 |
| Date: | 1996–2005 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Savannas |
| Fam4: | Gbaya |
| Fam5: | Western |
| Fam6: | Bokoto–Bozom |
| Lc1: | gbp |
| Ld1: | Gbaya-Bossangoa |
| Lc2: | sqm |
| Ld2: | Suma |
| Lc3: | dek |
| Ld3: | Dek (duplicate of Suma) |
| Glotto: | gbey1244 |
| Glottorefname: | Gbeya–Suma |
| Glotto2: | dekk1240 |
| Glottorefname2: | Dek |
Gbeya (Gbɛ́yá, Gbaya-Bossangoa) is a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue reports it may be mutually intelligible with Bozom.[1]
Suma (Súmā) is a language variety closely related to Gbeya.[2]
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialvelar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ʔ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ɡ͡b | |||||
| prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡ͡b | |||||
| ingressive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||||
| Nasal | preglottalized | ˀm | ˀn | ||||||
| plain | m | n | ŋ | ŋ͡m | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | |||||
| voiced | v | z | |||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||||
| Tap/Flap | ⱱ | ɾ | |||||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |