CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:222
LANGUAGE:Basari
ALTERNATEN:Tobote
LOCATION:Ghana
POPULATION:130,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
OTHERSOURC:LWA
CONSONANTS:
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:noun classes
SYNTAX:NA GN ND
NUMBER:223
LANGUAGE:Basari
LOCATION:Senegal
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:224
LANGUAGE:Konkomba
LOCATION:N Ghana (Northern)
POPULATION:130,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
OTHERSOURC:
Steele, Mary and Gretchen Weed. 1966a. The Phonology of Konkomba. Accra: Institute of African Studies, Univ of Ghana. Steele, Mary and Gretchen Weed. 1966b. Collected Field Reports on the Phonology of Konkomba. Accra: Institute of African Studies, Univ of Ghana.
CONSONANTS:
p t k kp b d ɡ ɡb č ɡ̌ f s (h) m n ñ ŋ ŋm l r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ kp ɡb
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s (h)
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ ŋm
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u e o ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
NASALVOWEL:
ṽ all but ɛ v̄̃ all
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)(C) Nˈ
TONES:hi mid low
NOUNNUMBER:s p
SYNTAX:NA GN N-NUM
NUMBER:225
LANGUAGE:Soruba
LOCATION:Togo
POPULATION:10,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:226
LANGUAGE:Dye
LOCATION:N Togo
POPULATION:17,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
GRAMMAR:Prost, A. n.d. Mi Gangam. Dakar: Univ of Dakar.
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
OTHERSOURC:Tersis, Nicole. 1967. "Essai pour une phonologie du gurma parlé à Kpana (Nord-Togo)," BSELAF 4.
CONSONANTS:
p t̪ c k kp b d̪ ɟ ɡ ɡb f s̪ m n̪ ñ ŋ ŋm l̪
STOPS:p b t̪ d̪ c ɟ k ɡ kp ɡb
FRICATIVES:f s̪
NASALS:m n̪ ñ ŋ ŋm
LATERALS:l̪
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u (I) e o ɛ ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i (I) e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all but ɔ
NASALVOWEL:ṽ ?
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)V(C)(C)
TONES:hi mid low (ris & fall on long vowels)
NOUNNUMBER:s p
SYNTAX:SVO NA
NUMBER:230
LANGUAGE:Moba
ALTERNATEN:Bimoba
LOCATION:NW Togo
POPULATION:80,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
GRAMMAR:Prost, A. 1967. Le moba. Dakar: Univ of Dakar.
OTHERSOURC:
Jacobs, Gillian. 1966. "The Structure of the Verbal Clause in Bimoba," JWAL 3:1, 47-53. Jacobs, Gillian. 1970. Bimoba Syntax: A Syntagmatic Analysis. Accra: Institute of African Studies.
CONSONANTS:
p t k kp b d ɡ ɡb č ɡ̌ f s h m n ñ ŋ ŋm l
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ kp ɡb
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ ŋm
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
cj̱ p f m cw b k f ŋ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u e ǝ o ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
NASALVOWEL:(ṽ)
TONES:hi mid low
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:5: human, animals & trees, small objects, collectives, liquids
DEMONSTRAT:ref
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3ai 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N N+NUM+D
PREPPOST:(PREP)/POST
NUMBER:231
LANGUAGE:Yom
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:232
LANGUAGE:Naudem
ALTERNATEN:Nawdam
LOCATION:Togo
POPULATION:27,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kurumfe-Oti-Volta
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:233
LANGUAGE:Doghose
LOCATION:Burkina Faso
POPULATION:7,500
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:234
LANGUAGE:Gan
LOCATION:Burkina Faso
POPULATION:51,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:235
LANGUAGE:Kasem
LOCATION:N Ghana (Upper)
POPULATION:74,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi
OTHERSOURC:
Callow, John C. 1965. "Kasem Nominals - A Study in Analyses," JWAL 2:1, 29-36. Language Guide (Kasem). 1967. Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages. Callow, John C. 1968. "A Hierarchical Study of Neutralization in Kasem," JL 4, 33-45. Hewer Judy. 1976. "Interrogative Sentences in Kasem," Linguistics 171, 5-18. Hewer, Philip L. 1976. "A Lexical Approach to Clause Series in Kasem," Linguistics 171, 19-34.
CONSONANTS:
p pʷ t k kʷ b d ɡ ɡʷ č ɡ̌ f s v z m n ñ ŋ ŋʷ l
STOPS:p pʷ b t d k ɡ kʷ ɡʷ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f v s z
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ ŋʷ
LATERALS:l
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u I ʋ e ǝ o ɛ ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i I e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u ʋ o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄
NASALVOWEL:ṽ
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony: set 1: i e ǝ u o; set 2: I ɛ a ʋ ɔ
TONES:hi mid lo ris
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:noun classes
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3ai 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:236
LANGUAGE:Nuni
ALTERNATEN:Nunuma
LOCATION:Burkina Faso
POPULATION:43,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi
OTHERSOURC:E
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:237
LANGUAGE:Lyele
LOCATION:Burkina Faso
POPULATION:61,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi
DICTIONARY:Nicolas, F. 1953. Glossaire l'élé-français. Dakar: IFAN.
GRAMMAR:Bon, G. 1953. Grammaire l'élé. Dakar: IFAN .
CONSONANTS:
p t̪ c k b d̪ ɟ ɡ f s̪ š v z̪ m n̪ (ñ) l̪ r
STOPS:p b t̪ d̪ c ɟ k ɡ
FRICATIVES:f v s̪ z̪ š
NASALS:m n̪ (ñ)
LATERALS:l̪
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:
cj all but r cʷ all but r
GLIDES: j ɥ w
VOWELS:
i y u I Y e ǝ ɤ o ɛ ɐ ɔ a
FRONTVOWEL:i y I Y e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ ɐ a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɤ ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄
NASALVOWEL:
ṽ v̄̃
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C) Nˈ
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:noun classes
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SVO NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N
PREPPOST:(PREP)/POST
NUMBER:238
LANGUAGE:Pana
LOCATION:Burkina Faso
POPULATION:7,800
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:239
LANGUAGE:Siti
LOCATION:Ghana
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:240
LANGUAGE:Winye
LOCATION:Bukina Faso
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Doghose-Gurunsi