Northern Birifor language
Northern Birifor or Malba Birifor is a Gur language of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by a few hundred thousand people, mainly in the southwest of Burkina Faso, particularly in the provinces of Bougouriba, Ioba, Noumbiel and Poni and in western Ivory Coast.
| Malba Birifor | |
|---|---|
| Bɩrfʋɔr | |
| Native to | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Birifor |
Native speakers | (110,000 in Burkina Faso cited 1993)[1] |
| Latin (Malba Birifor alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bfo |
| Glottolog | malb1235 |
Phonology
Orthography
It is written in this alphabet:[2]
| Majuscules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A | Ã | B | Ɓ | C | D | E | Ẽ | Ɛ | Ɛ̃ | F | G | Gb | H | I | Ĩ | Ɩ | Ɩ̃ | J | K | Kp | L | ʹL | M | N | Ny | Ŋm | O | Õ | Ɔ | Ɔ̃ | P | R | S | T | U | Ũ | Ʋ | Ʋ̃ | V | W | Y | Ƴ | |||
| Minuscules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | ã | b | ɓ | c | d | e | ẽ | ɛ | ɛ̃ | f | g | gb | h | i | ĩ | ɩ | ɩ̃ | j | k | kp | l | ʹl | m | n | ny | ŋm | o | õ | ɔ | ɔ̃ | p | r | s | t | u | ũ | ʋ | ʋ̃ | v | w | y | ƴ | |||
| Phonetic value | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a | ã | b | ɓ | c | d | e | ẽ | ɛ | ɛ̃ | f | ɡ | ɡ͡b | h | i | ĩ | ɪ | ɪ̃ | ɟ | k | k͡p | l | ˀl | m | n | ɲ | ŋ͡m | o | õ | ɔ | ɔ̃ | p | r | s | t | u | ũ | ʊ | ʊ̃ | v | w | j | ˀj | |||
Long vowels are written double but without doubling the nasal tilde, e.g. ⟨ẽe⟩ for /ẽː/
References
- Malba Birifor at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- http://vimeo.com/172854837
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