Seki language

Seki, also Baseke, Sheke or Sekiana, is a language indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It had been spoken in villages of Rio Campo and Northern Bata, along the coast, but its native speakers have begun abandoning the language for Spanish, Fang, and Kombe. Can be related to Kako spoken in the East region of Cameroon and some parts of the west of Central African Republic.

Seki
Sekiyani
Native to	Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Native speakers	12,000 (2001-2007)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Kele (B.20) ? Seki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	syi
Glottolog	seki1238
Guthrie code	B.21[2]
ELP	Seki
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Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	(ŋ)
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k
	voiced	b	d	(d͡ʒ)	ɡ
	prenasal vl.	ᵐp	ⁿt	ⁿt͡ʃ	ᵑk
	prenasal vd.	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿd͡ʒ	ᵑɡ	ᵑɡ͡b
Fricative	voiceless		s
	voiced	β	(z)
Rhotic			r
Approximant			l	j		w

• /z, d͡ʒ/ only rarely occur phonemically.
• /ɡ/ may be lenited as [ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
• /ᵑɡ/ can be heard as a nasal [ŋ] when in word-final position, or when followed by /l/.^[3][4]

Vowels

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