Gbeya language

Not to be confused with Suma-Jumano language.

Gbeya (Gbɛ́yá, Gbaya-Bossangoa) is a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue reports it may be mutually intelligible with Bozom.^[2]

Gbeya
Native to	Central African Republic
Native speakers	(ca. 250,000 cited 1996–2005)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Savannas Gbaya Western Bokoto–Bozom Gbeya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: gbp – Gbaya-Bossangoa sqm – Suma
Glottolog	gbey1244 dekk1240

Suma (Súmā) is a language variety closely related to Gbeya.^[3]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labialvelar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	k͡p	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ	ɡ͡b
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑɡ	ᵑᵐɡ͡b
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Nasal	preglottal	ˀm	ˀn
	plain	m	n		ŋ	ŋ͡m
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
	voiced	v	z
Lateral			l
Tap/Flap		ⱱ	ɾ
Approximant				j		w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

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