Senara language explained

Senara
Nativename:	Senari
States:	Burkina Faso
Date:	1995–2010
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Senufo
Fam4:	Senari
Lc1:	seq
Ld1:	Senara
Lc2:	shz
Ld2:	Syenara (duplicate code)
Glotto:	sena1262
Glottorefname:	Senar de Kankalaba
Glotto2:	syen1235
Glottoname2:	bookkeeping; bibliography
Glottorefname2:	Syenara Senoufo

Senara (Niangolo), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a Senufo language of Burkina Faso and Mali.

Phonology

Consonants

!! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Labial-velar !! Glottal
	voiceless	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	voiced	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
		pronounced as /ink/
	voiceless	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	voiced	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
			pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/		pronounced as /ink/

Vowels


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	short	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	short	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	short	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	short	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/


Back
	short	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	short	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	short	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/	pronounced as /ink/
	short	pronounced as /ink/
	long	pronounced as /ink/

Tone

Senara has low, rising, and high tones.

Writing system

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Syenara alphabet (Mali, 1982)
A	B	C	D	E	Ɛ	F	G	GB	H	I	J	K	KP	L	M	N	Ɲ	Ŋ	O	Ɔ	P	R	S	SH	T	U	V	W	Y	Z	ZH
a	b	c	d	e	ɛ	f	g	gb	h	i	j	k	kp	l	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	o	ɔ	p	r	s	sh	t	u	v	w	y	z	zh