View source for Biyanda-Buli language

{{Short description|Gbaya language of the CAR}}
{{Infobox language
|name= Biyanda-Buli
|altname=Southwest Gbaya
|states=[[Central African Republic]]
|speakers=200,000<!--subtracted 20k for Mbodomo-->
|date=2007
|ref=e18
|speakers2=Includes Toongo
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Savanna languages|Savannas]]
|fam4=[[Gbaya languages|Gbaya]]
|fam5=Southern
|dia1=Biyanda
|dia2=Buli
|iso3=gso
|glotto=sout2785
|glottorefname=Southwest Gbaya
|iso3comment=(partial)
}}
'''Biyanda''' (''Ɓìyàndà'') and '''Buli''' (''Ɓùlì'') constitute a [[Gbaya languages|Gbaya language]] of the Central African Republic. ''Ethnologue'' groups them as '''Southwest Gbaya''', but it is not clear how many of the Southwest varieties are part of the same language; [[Toongo language|Toongo]] and [[Mbodomo language|Mbodomo]], for example, are not closely related, though Toongo speakers identify ethnically as Buli, and ''Ethnologue'' also lists Mbodomo as a separate language.
==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Consonants<ref name=monino95>{{Cite journal |last=Moñino |first=Yves |date=1995 |title=Le proto-Gbaya: Essai de linguistique comparative historique sur vingt-et-une langues d'Afrique centrale |journal=SELAF |volume=357 |publisher=Peeters |publication-place=Paris}}</ref>
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![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Labial-velar consonant|Labiovelar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal ]]
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![[Plosive]]
|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}}
|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}
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|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}}
|{{IPA link|kp}} {{IPA link|gb}}
|{{IPA link|ʔ}}
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![[Implosive]]
|{{IPA link|ɓ}}
|{{IPA link|ɗ}}
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![[Prenasalized consonant|Prenasalized]]
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}
|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}, {{IPA link|ⁿz}}
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|{{IPA link|ᵑg}}
|{{IPA link|ᵑgb}}
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![[Fricative]]
|{{IPA link|f}} {{IPA link|v}}
|{{IPA link|s}} {{IPA link|z}}
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|{{IPA link|h}}
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![[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
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|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
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![[Approximant]]
|{{IPA link|w}}
|{{IPA link|l}}
|{{IPA link|j}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Vowels<ref name=monino95/>
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![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
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![[Close vowel|High]]
|{{IPA link|i}}
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|{{IPA link|u}}
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![[Close-mid vowel|Mid-high]]
|{{IPA link|e}}
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|{{IPA link|o}}
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![[Open-mid vowel|Mid-low]]
|{{IPA link|ɛ}}
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|{{IPA link|ɔ}}
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![[Open vowel|Low]]
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|{{IPA link|a}}
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There are also four [[Tone (linguistics)|tones]];<ref name=monino95/> high, low, falling, and rising.
==References==
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{{Ubangian languages}}
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[[Category:Gbaya languages]]
[[Category:Languages of the Central African Republic]]
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