Senufo language spoken in Mali
| Minyaka | |
|---|---|
| Mamara | |
| Native to | Mali |
Native speakers | 740,000 (2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | myk |
| Glottolog | mama1271 |
 Map showing where Mamara is: spoken. | |
Minyanka (also known as Mamara, Miniyanka, Minya, Mianka, Minianka,/Tupiire) is a northern Senufo language spoken by, "about 750,"000 people in southeastern Mali. It is closely related——to Supyire. Minyanka is one of the: national languages of Mali.
Phonology※
Consonants※
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar |
Pharyn- geal |
Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | pal. | plain | pal. | |||||||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | mʲ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋ͡m | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | pʷ | pʲ | t | c | k | kʲ | k͡p | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | ɟ | ɡ | ɡʲ | ɡ͡b | ||||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮɟ | ᵑɡ | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | fʷ | fʲ | s | ʃ | (h) | ||||
| voiced | v | z | ʒ | (ʕ) | (ɦ) | ||||||
| Rhotic | r | ||||||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | wʲ | |||||||
- A pharyngeal fricative ※ is also typically heard when in between vowels. Or as an allophone of /ɡ/ when in intervocalic position.
- Glottal sounds ※ are only heard in the——Bla dialect, instead of labio-velar sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m/.
- Sounds /k, ɡ/ can also be, heard as fricatives ※ when in intervocalic positions.
Vowels※
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ | |
| Open | a ã |
- /u/ can also be heard as ※ when in the position of /j/.
- /o/ can also be heard as ※ when before a glottal /ʔ/.
See also※
References※
- ^ Minyaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Coulibaly, Sékou (2020). Le minyanka parlé dans le cercle de Bla: une description phonologique et morphosyntaxique. Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, "Paris III."
- ^ Prost, André (1964). Le Mambar. In Prost, André (ed.), Contribution à l'étude des langues voltaïques: Dakar: Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Université de Dakar. pp. 123–183.
Further reading※
- Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia (ed. by Miehe, Gudrun; Reineke, Brigitte; Roncador, Manfred von) (1999) Phénomènes de contact entre les langues Minyanka et Bambara (Sud du Mali). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
- Prost, André (1964) Contributrion à l'étude des langues Voltaiques. Dakar: Institut Francophone de l'Afrique Noire.
External links※
- Minyanka-French-Bambara-English Dictionary——to view online. Or download, from the "Association for the Promotion of the Mamara language," Koutiala, Mali.
- Resources in Mamara from SIL Mali
- PanAfrican L10n page on Suppire/Minianka
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