Gungu language
Bantu language of Uganda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gungu is a Bantu language spoken by the Gungu (or Bagungu) people in western Uganda.
Gungu | |
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Rugungu | |
Native to | Uganda |
Region | Buliisa District |
Ethnicity | Gungu people |
Native speakers | 49,000 (2002 census)[1] |
Early form | Pre-Rugungu
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rub |
Glottolog | gung1250 |
JE.101 [2] |
Phonology
Summarize
Perspective
Consonants
Casali and Diprose tentatively argue that the labialized (Cʷ) and palatalized (Cʲ) sequences may be sequences of CuV and CiV, respectively.[3]
Bilabial | Labio-dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||||||
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plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | pal. | ||||
Nasal | -nas | m ⟨m⟩ | mʷ ⟨mw⟩ | mʲ ⟨my⟩ | n ⟨n⟩ | nʷ ⟨nw⟩ | nʲ ⟨ni̱⟩ | ɲ ⟨ny⟩ | ɲʲ ⟨nyi̱⟩ | ŋ ⟨ngh⟩ | ŋʲ ⟨nghy⟩ | |||||||
+nas | m̩m ⟨mm⟩ | m̩mʷ ⟨mmw⟩ | m̩mʲ ⟨mmy⟩ | n̩n ⟨nn⟩ | n̩nʷ ⟨nnw⟩ | n̩nʲ ⟨nni⟩ | ɲ̩ɲ ⟨nny⟩ | ɲ̩ɲʷ ⟨nnyw⟩ | ||||||||||
Stop/ Affricate |
-voice | -nas | p ⟨p⟩ | pʷ ⟨pw⟩ | pʲ ⟨py⟩ | f ⟨f⟩ | t ⟨t⟩ | tʷ ⟨tw⟩ | tʲ ⟨ty⟩ | c ⟨t͡ʃ⟩ | t͡ʃʷ ⟨cw⟩ | t͡ʃʲ ⟨cy⟩ | k ⟨k⟩ | kʷ ⟨kw⟩ | kʲ ⟨ky⟩ | |||
+nas | mp ⟨mp⟩ | m̩pʷ ⟨mpw⟩ | m̩pʲ ⟨mpy⟩ | n̩f ⟨nf⟩ | n̩t ⟨nt⟩ | ⁿtʷ ⟨ntw⟩ | ⁿtʲ ⟨nty⟩ | ⁿt͡ʃ ⟨nc⟩ | n̩t͡ʃʷ ⟨ncw⟩ | ŋk ⟨nk⟩ | ŋkʷ ⟨nkw⟩ | ŋkʲ ⟨nky⟩ | ||||||
+voice | -nas | b ⟨bb⟩ | bʷ ⟨bbw⟩ | bʲ ⟨bby⟩ | v ⟨v⟩ | d ⟨d⟩ | dʷ ⟨dw⟩ | dʲ ⟨dy⟩ | d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩ | d͡ʒʷ ⟨jw⟩ | d͡ʒʲ ⟨jy⟩ | g ⟨g⟩ | gʷ ⟨gw⟩ | gʲ ⟨gy⟩ | ||||
+nas | mb ⟨mb⟩ | m̩bʷ ⟨mbw⟩ | m̩bʲ ⟨mby⟩ | ⁿv ⟨nv⟩ | n̩d ⟨nd⟩ | ⁿdʷ ⟨ndw⟩ | ⁿdʲ ⟨ndy⟩ | ⁿd͡ʒ ⟨nj⟩ | n̩d͡ʒʷ ⟨njw⟩ | ŋg ⟨ng⟩ | ŋ̩gʷ ⟨ngw⟩ | ŋ̩gʲ ⟨ngy⟩ | ||||||
Fricative | -voice | -nas | s ⟨s⟩ | sʷ ⟨sw⟩ | sʲ ⟨sy⟩ | h ⟨h⟩ | hʷ ⟨hw⟩ | hʲ ⟨hy⟩ | ||||||||||
+nas | ⁿs ⟨ns⟩ | n̩sʷ ⟨nsw⟩ | n̩sʲ ⟨nsy⟩ | |||||||||||||||
+voice | -nas | β ⟨b⟩ | βʲ ⟨by⟩ | z ⟨z⟩ | zʷ ⟨zw⟩ | zʲ ⟨zy⟩ | ||||||||||||
+nas | n̩z ⟨nz⟩ | ⁿzʷ ⟨nzw⟩ | ⁿzʲ ⟨nzy⟩ | |||||||||||||||
Tap | ɾ ⟨r⟩ | ɾʷ ⟨rw⟩ | ɾʲ ⟨ry⟩ | |||||||||||||||
Approximant | ʋ ⟨b̯⟩ | ʋʷ ⟨b̯w⟩ | l ⟨l⟩ | lʷ ⟨lw⟩ | lʲ ⟨ly⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ | jʷ ⟨yw⟩ | w ⟨w⟩ |
Vowels
Gungu has 14 vowel phonemes. The mid vowels are variants of the open-mid vowels. Vowels before prenasalized consonants and after labialized and palatalized consonants are always long but are written short. The close and mid vowels are considered "hard", and the others are considered "soft." Gungu has a form of vowel harmony, in which the mid vowels generally only appear in words with the "hard" close vowels.[4]
Monophthongs
Diphthongs
Gungu has eight diphthongs.
Tone
Tone is only marked on Gungu verbs indicating the recent past. This tense is marked with a plus symbol (+).[5]
Orthography
Capital | Lowercase | IPA |
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A | a | /ä/ |
Aa | aa | /äː/ |
B | b | /β/ |
B̯ | b̯ | /ʋ/ |
Bb | bb | /b/ |
C | c | /t͡ʃ/ |
D | d | /d/ |
E | e | /e/, /ɛ/ |
Ee | ee | /eː/, /ɛː/ |
F | f | /f/ |
G | g | /g/ |
H | h | /h/ |
I | i | /ɪ/ |
II | ii | /ɪː/ |
I̱ | i̱ | /i/ |
I̱I̱ | i̱i̱ | /iː/ |
J | j | /d͡ʒ/ |
K | k | /k/ |
L | l | /l/ |
M | m | /m/ |
N | n | /n/ |
Ngh | ngh | /ŋ/ |
Ny | ny | /ɲ/ |
O | o | /o/, /ɔ/ |
Oo | oo | /oː/, /ɔː/ |
P | p | /p/ |
R | r | /ɾ/ |
S | s | /s/ |
T | t | /t/ |
U | u | /ʊ/ |
Uu | uu | /ʊ/ |
U̱ | u̱ | /u/ |
U̱U̱ | u̱u̱ | /uː/ |
V | v | /v/ |
W | w | /w/ |
Y | y | /j/ |
Z | z | /z/ |
References
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