| Ganza | |
|---|---|
| غانزاGanzo | |
| Native to | Sudan,Ethiopia |
| Region | Asosa Zone ofBenishangul-Gumuz Region,Blue Nile State |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gza |
| Glottolog | ganz1246 |
| ELP | Ganza |
Ganza, also known as Ganzo or Koma, is anOmotic language of theAfro-Asiatic family spoken in theAl Kurumik District of theBlue Nile (state) inSudan and in the westernBenishangul-Gumuz region ofEthiopia, specifically in the village districts of Penishuba and Yabeldigis.
It also goes by the names Ganzo, Gwami, Koma, and Koma-Ganza.[1]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ʔ̃ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | h | ||
| ejective | sʼ | |||||
| voiced | z | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
Ganza does not utilize consonant length phonemically.[2]: 106
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
Althoughvowel length is typically contrastive inOmotic languages, Ganza does not have a clear contrast between long and short vowel phonemes. Instead, Ganza has predictable utterance-final vowellengthening and a set of monosyllabic words with double vowels.[2]: 109
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