Aka

Aka is a Bantu language spoken by about 30,000 people in the Central African Republic (CAR) and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In particular, it is spoken in along the Ubangi River, which runs along the border between the two countires, in the Lobaye and Sangha-Mbaéré prefectures in the southwest of the CAR, and in the Likouala department in the northwest of the DRC

Other names for Aka include Yaka, Beka, Mò-Áka, Moyaka, Bayaka, Yaga, Bayaga, Gbayaka, Biaka, Beká, Yakwa, Yakpa, Yakpwa and Nyoyaka. The Aka people call themselvesMraka (singular) /Beka (plural). Aka is closely related to the Baka languages of Cameroon and Gambia.

An orthography for Aka using the Latin script was launched in December 1999 by Dominique Kosseke and Yérôme Sitamon of SIL Bangui. It is based on phonological data gathered between 1992 and 1997.

Aka alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Aka (Excel)

Sample text

Bafɔ̂kɔ̂ bakɔpɛ bâbâyê bâduâyê na ndîmâ. Bɛ̂ɛnɛ̂ bâlongânɛ̂ baîto ka mû lângɔ wûmɔtî. Bɛ̂ɛnɛ̂ bâduânɛ̂ na ndîmâ têêê, wâgasê mokɔpɛ bô wâfisɛ mîsɔ bô, nyama adzɛ̂ɛ molâlɛ̂ mû sɔ̂pɔ̂. Yɛɛ̂ na kangâyê bô: « Bêka ê, yaâ î talɛ nyama âdzɛ molâlɛ̂ wû! »

Translation

One day, two sons-in-law went to the forest. Both had married their wives in the same camp. In the forest, they walked for a long time and when one of them wanted to take a look around, he saw a dead animal on the ground.

Source:Déclaration dʼorthographe pour la langue aka. Dominique Kosseke and Yérôme Sitamon. 1999.

Sample video

Links

Information about Aka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka_language
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaka_(Sprache,_Zentralafrikanische_Republik)
http://www.language-archives.org/language/axk
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/axk
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/yaka1272

Bantu languages

Aka,Aushi,Bafaw-Balong,Bangi,Bangubangu,Basaa,Bemba,Bembe,Bena,Benga,Bhaca,Bila,Bube,Budu,Bujeba,Bukusu,Bulu,Bushong,Central Kilimanjaro,Central Teke,Chichewa,Chokwe,Chopi,Chuwabu,Comorian,Dciriku,Digo,Duala,Eton,Ewondo,Fang,Fuliiru,Fwe,Ganda/Luganda,Giryama,Gogo,Gungu,Gusii,Gwere,Gyele,Ha,Haya,Hehe,Herero,Ibinda,Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki,Ikizu,Ikoma,Jita,Kabwa,Kako,Kalanga,Kamba,Kanyok,Kgalagadi,Kiga,Kikuyu,Kimbundu,Kinyarwanda,Kirundi,Kisi,Kobo,Kogo,Komo,Kongo,Konjo,Koti,Kuhane,Kukuya,Kunda,Kuria,Kwambi,Kwangali,Kwasio,Lambya,Lega,Lengola,Lingala,Loma,Lomwe,Lozi,Luba-Katanga,Luchazi,Lunda,Luvale,Luyana,Makaa,Makonde,Makhuwa,Mandekan,Maore,Masaaba,Mbama,Mbere,Mbosi,Mbugu,Mbukushu,Mbunda,Mbuun,Mende,Mongo,Mpiemo,Mushungulu,Mwani,Myene,Nambya,Nande,Ndau,Ndonga,Ngoni,Ngwii,Njebi,Nkore,North Teke,Northern Ndebele (South Africa),Northern Ndebele (Zimbabwe),Northern Sotho,Nyamwezi,Nyakyusa,Nyemba,Nyole,Nyoro,Nyungwe,Nzadi,Oroko,OshiWambo,Pagibete,Pare,Phuthi,Punu,Rangi,Ronga,Safwa,Seki,Sena,Sengele,Shambala,Shona,Soga,Songe,Southern Ndebele,Southern Sotho,Suba,Sukuma,Swahili,Swati,Taita,Talinga,Tanga,Tembo,Tetela,Tonga,Tongwe,Tooro,Tshiluba,Tsonga,Tswa,Tswana,Tumbuka,Turu,Umbundu,Venda,Vili,Vwanji,Wanzi,West Teke,Xhosa,Yakam,Yansi,Yao,Yasa,Yeyi,Zigula,Zinza,Zulu

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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