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Number: 161
Language: Seme
Alternate Name: Siamou
Location: Burkina Faso
Population: 10,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru
Grammar: Prost, André. 1964. Contribution à l'étude des langues voltaı̈ques. Dakar: IFAN.
Consonant system:

   p t̪ c k kp
b d̪ ɟ ɡ ɡb
f s̪ h
v
m n̪ ñ ŋm
    l̪
    r

Stops: p b t̪ d̪ c ɟ k ɡ kp ɡb
Fricatives: f v s̪ h
Nasals: m n̪ ñ ŋm
Laterals: l̪
Vibrants: r
Modified Consonants:

   cj
cʷ

Glides: j w
Vowel system:

   i (y) u
e œ ǝ o
    a

Front Vowels: i (y) e œ
Central Vowels: ǝ a
Back Vowels: u o
Nasal Vowels: ı̃ ẽ ã ũ õ
Syllable: (C)(C)V(C)
Tones: hi hi-mid lo-mid lo (fall)
Noun Number: s p
Articles: def
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SOV GN DN N-NUM POSS-N
Prep/Post: POST
Number: 162
Language: Bete
Dialect: Neyo
Location: W Ivory Coast
Population: 185,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Grammar: Thomann, Georges. 1905. Essai de manuel de la langue néouolé. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
Other Sources: LWA
Consonant system:

   p t k
b d ɡ
    s š h
v z ž
m n ñ
    l

Stops: p b t d k ɡ
Fricatives: v s z š ž h
Nasals: m n ñ
Laterals: l
Glides: j w
Vowel system:

   i y u
I
e ø o
ɛ ɔ
    a ɑ

Front Vowels: i y I e ø ɛ
Central Vowels: a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ ɑ
Long Vowels: v̄ ?
Nasal Vowels: ı̃ ɛ̃ ã õ
Noun Number: s p
Gender: a i
Demonstratives: 2
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3ai 6ai

Syntax: SVO/SOV AN/NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N
Prep/Post: POST
Number: 163
Language: Godie
Location: Ivory Coast
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 164
Language: Dida
Location: Ivory Coast
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 165
Language: Bakwe
Location: Liberia
Population: 16,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Western
Consonant system:

   




Number: 166
Language: Kru
Location: SE Liberia
Population: 100,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Grammar: Rickard, David T. 1970. Kru Grammar. Monrovia: United Methodist Church.
Other Sources: Lightfoot, Nancy. 1974. "Tones on Kru Monosyllables," AL 16, 425-41.
Consonant system:

   p t k kp
b d ɡb
č
ɡ̌
f s
m n ñ ŋm
    ľ

Stops: p b t d k kp ɡb
Affricates: č ɡ̌
Fricatives: f s
Nasals: m n ñ ŋm
Laterals: ľ
Glides: j w
Vowel system:

   i u
e o
    ɔ
æ a

Front Vowels: i e æ
Central Vowels: a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ
Long Vowels: v̄ all
Nasal Vowels:

   ṽ all
v̄̃ all

Modified Vowels:

   v̤ (muffled) e o
ṽ̤ e o

Syllable: (C)(C)V
Tones: hi mid lo [+ 6 gliding tones] downstep
Noun Number: s p
Demonstratives: 2
Articles: def
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO NA GN ND POSS-N
Number: 167
Language: Grebo
Location: SW Liberia
Population: 50,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Dictionary: Innes, Gordon. 1967. A Grebo-English Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press.
Grammar: Innes, Gordon. 1966. An Introduction to Grebo. London: School of Oriental and African Studies, Univ of London.
Consonant system:

   p t c k kp
b d ɟ ɡ ɡb
f s h
m m̥ n n̥ ñ ŋ ŋm
    l l̥

Stops: p b t d c ɟ k ɡ kp ɡb
Fricatives: f s h
Nasals: m m̥ n n̥ ñ ŋ ŋm
Laterals: l l̥
Glides: j w w̃ w̥
Vowel system:

   i u
e o
ɛ ɔ
    a

Front Vowels: i e ɛ
Central Vowels: a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ
Long Vowels: v̄ ?
Nasal Vowels: ṽ all
Modified Vowels:

   vowel harmony
nasal harmony
e̤ o̤
In addition to the seven 'bright' vowels (i e ɛ a u o ɔ) there are two 'muffled' vowels (e̤ o̤).

Syllable: (C)(l,w)V
Tones: hi hi-mid lo-mid lo fall
Noun Number: s p
Demonstratives: 2
Articles: def
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3hH 6hH
H=non-human

Syntax: SVO/(SOV) AN/NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N
Prep/Post: POST
Number: 168
Language: Tajuason
Location: Liberia
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 169
Language: Klau
Alternate Name: Klao
Location: Liberia
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Other Sources: WALS
Consonant system:

   




Syntax: SVO
Number: 170
Language: Peripheral Klau
Location: Liberia
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 171
Language: Bassa
Location: Liberia
Population: 150,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 172
Language: Dewoin
Location: Liberia
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 173
Language: Krahn
Location: Liberia
Population: 100,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 174
Language: Guere
Alternate Name: We
Location: Ivory Coast
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 175
Language: Wobe
Location: Ivory Coast
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 176
Language: Nyabwa
Location: Ivory Coast
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Kru: Eastern
Consonant system:

   




Number: 177
Language: Dogon
Location: S Mali
Population: 149,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Dogon
Dictionary: Calame-Griaule, Geneviève. 1968. Dictionnaire dogon. Paris: Klincksieck.
Grammar: Calame-Griaule, Geneviève. 1965. Ethnologie et langage: La parole chez les Dogon. Paris: Gallimard.
Consonant system:

   p t k
b d ɟ ɡ
    s
v
m n ñ ŋ
    l
    r

Stops: p b t d ɟ k ɡ
Fricatives: v s
Nasals: m n ñ ŋ
Laterals: l
Vibrants: r
Glides: j
Vowel system:

   i u
e o
ɛ ɔ
    a

Front Vowels: i e ɛ
Central Vowels: a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ
Long Vowels: v̄ all
Nasal Vowels: ṽ all but ɛ ɔ
Syllable: (C)V
Tones: hi lo
Noun Number: s (p)
Demonstratives: 3 + ref
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SOV NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N/N-POSS
Prep/Post: POST
Number: 178
Language: Bariba
Location: Benin
Population: 240,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur
Other Sources: Welmers, William E. 1952. "Notes on the Structure of Bariba," Lg 28, 82-103.
Consonant system:

   p t k kp
b d ɡ ɡb
f s x
z
m n
    l
    ɾ

Stops: p b t d k ɡ kp ɡb
Fricatives: f s z x
Nasals: m n
Laterals: l
Vibrants: ɾ
Glides: j w
Vowel system:

   i u
e o
ɛ ɔ
    a

Front Vowels: i e ɛ
Central Vowels: a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ
Long Vowels: (v̄)
Nasal Vowels: ı̃ ɛ̃ ã ũ ɔ̃
Tones: hi mid lo ris fall
Noun Number: s p
Noun Classes: 7
Pronouns:

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

Syntax: SOV NA GN ND N-NUM POSS-N
Number: 179
Language: Kulango
Location: Ivory Coast
Population: 47,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kulango-Lorhon
Consonant system:

   




Number: 180
Language: Lorhon
Location: Ivory Coast
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Gur: Kulango-Lorhon
Consonant system:

   




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