| West Banda | |
|---|---|
| Golo | |
| Native to | Central African Republic,South Sudan |
Native speakers | (7,500 cited 1982–1996)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bbp |
| Glottolog | west2458 |
West Banda is a minorBanda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.[citation needed]
Dialects are Dakpa, Gbaga-Nord (Gbaga-2), Gbi, Vita, and Wojo (Hodjo), as reported byEthnologue and Moñino (1988).[2]
Dákpá speakers live in some villages near theSara people of Nyango; clans are Yangbà and Dèkò.[3]
| Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial- velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | kp | ʔ | |||
| voiced | ɟ | ɡ | ɡb | |||||||
| prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | ᵑᵐɡb | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | |||||
| voiced | v | z | ʒ | |||||||
| prenasalized | ᶬv | ⁿz | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋm | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | ⱱ | ɾ | ||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||
| Front | Mid | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |
Vowel tones in West Banda are rising /ǎ/, falling /â/, mid /ā/, low /à/, and high /á/.[4]
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