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Number: 1121

Language: Sena

Location: Mozambique

Population: 200,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone N: Senga-Sena

Dictionary: Alves, P. Albano. 1957. Dicionário Português-Chisena e Chisena-Português. Beira: Tipografia da Escola de Artes e Ofı́cios.

Grammar: Torrend, J. 1900. Grammatica do Chisena. Chipanga, Zambia.

Consonant system:

   p p^h t t^h k k^h
b d ɡ
    t^s č č^h
    d^z ɡ̌
f f^h s š h
v z
m n ñ
    l

Stops: p p^h b t t^h d k k^h ɡ

Affricates: t^s d^z č č^h ɡ̌

Fricatives: f f^h v s z š h

Nasals: m n ñ

Laterals: l

Modified Consonants: ^Nc p b t d k ɡ t^s d^z č ɡ̌ f v s z

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Stress: penult

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 10

Demonstratives: 4: near person speaking, in hands of or joined to person speaking, near person spoken to, remote from both speaker and person spoken to.

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 1129

Language: Yao

Location: N Mozambique (Niassa)

Population: 127,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Yao

Dictionary:

Sanderson, G. Meredith. 1954. A Dictionary of the Yao Language. Zomba, Malawi: Government Printer.
José Viana, Miguel. 1961. Dicionário de Portugês-Chi-Yao e Chi-Yao- Português. Memórias do Instituto de Investigação Cientı́fia de Moçambique 3, 1-172.

Grammar: Sanderson, Meredith. 1922. A Yao Grammar. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

Other Sources: Whiteley, W. H. 1966. A Study of Yao Sentences. Oxford: Charendon Press.

Consonant system:

   p t c k
^mb ɓ ⁿd ɗ ^ñɟ ʄ ^ŋɡ ɠ
    č
(f) v s š
m n ñ ŋ
    l ʎ

Stops: p ^mb ɓ t ⁿd ɗ c^ñɟ ʄ k ^ŋɡ ɠ

Affricates: č

Fricatives: (f) v s š

Nasals: m n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l ʎ

Modified Consonants:

c^j p m^Nc b d ɟ ɡ c^j p m

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Tones: hi lo ris fall

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 15 (human, trees, fruits, inanimate, birds, animals, natural phenomena)

Demonstratives: 2 + ref

Articles: def

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3* 6*
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 1130

Language: Mwera

Location: S Tanzania

Population: 126,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Yao

Grammar: Harries, Lyndon. 1950. A Grammar of Mwera. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand Univ Press.

Consonant system:

   p^ʔ t̪ k
^mb ⁿd̪ ^ŋɡ
    č
    ɡ̌
    h
β
m n̪ n ñ ŋ
    l

Stops: p^ʔ ^mb t̪ ⁿd̪ k ^ŋɡ

Affricates: č ɡ̌

Fricatives: β h

Nasals: m n̪ n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Modified Consonants:

^Nc p b t d k ɡ ɡ̌
c^j many
cʷ many

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Modified Vowels: vowel harmony

Syllable: (C)V Nˈ

Tones: hi mid lo

Stress: penult

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 10 (persons, proper names, kinship terms, trees, body parts, fruits, animals)

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND/(DN) N-NUM N-POSS

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 1134

Language: Makua

Location: Mozambique

Population: 1 million

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone P: Makua

Dictionary: Matos, Alexandre Valente de. 1974. Dicionário Português-Macua. Lisbon: Junta de Investigações Cientı́ficas do Ultramar.

Grammar: Sacramento, José Vicente do. 1906. Apontamentos soltos da Lı́ngua Macúa. Lisbon: Typographia Universal.

Consonant system:

   p p^h t t^h k k^h(b) (d)
    t^s č
    ɡ̌
(f) s š h
m n ñ
    r

Stops: p p^h (b) t t^h (d) k k^h

Affricates: t^s č ɡ̌

Fricatives: (f) s š h

Nasals: m n ñ

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 6 (5 pl)

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS

Prep/Post: PREP

Number: 1140

Language: South Mbundu

Location: C Angola

Population: 1.7 million

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone R: South Mbundu

Dictionary: Le Guennec, Grégoire and José Francisco Valente. 1972. Dicionário Português-Umbundu. Luanda: Instituto de Investigação Cientı́fica de Angola.

Grammar: Valente, José Francisco. 1964. Gramática Umbundu. Lisbon: Junta de Investigacões do Ultramar.

Consonant system:

   p t k
^mb ⁿd ^ŋɡ
    č
^ñ̃ɡ̌
f s h
m n ñ ŋ
    l

Stops: p ^mb t ⁿd k ^ŋɡ

Affricates: č ^ñ̃ɡ̌

Fricatives: f s h

Nasals: m n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Nasal Vowels: ṽ all

Modified Vowels: vowel harmony

Syllable: (C)(G)V

Stress: penult

Noun Number: s p

Noun Classes: 10 (12 pl) (human, animate, inanimate, instruments, abstract, diminutives, large objects)

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND NUM-N/N-NUM N-POSS

Prep/Post: PREP

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