Ganza language

Omotic language of Sudan and Ethiopia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ganza, also known as Ganzo or Koma, is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in the Al Kurumik District of the Blue Nile (state) in Sudan and in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, specifically in the village districts of Penishuba and Yabeldigis.

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It also goes by the names Ganzo, Gwami, Koma, and Koma-Ganza.[1]

Phonology

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Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ ʔ̃
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
ejective
voiced b d ɡ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ h
ejective
voiced z
Approximant l j w
Trill r
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Ganza does not utilize consonant length phonemically.[2]:106

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Vowels[2]:107
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Although vowel length is typically contrastive in Omotic languages, Ganza does not have a clear contrast between long and short vowel phonemes. Instead, Ganza has predictable utterance-final vowel lengthening and a set of monosyllabic words with double vowels.[2]:109

References

  • Smolders, Joshua. 2015. A Wordlist of Ganza. Addis Ababa: SIL Ethiopia

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