Bujeba also known as Bisio is a dialect of the Kwasio language spoken around Southern Bata and South of Rio Benito, in Equatorial Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

LabialDental/ AlveolarPost-alv./ PalatalVelarGlottal
Nasalmnɲŋ
Plosivevoicelessptk(ʔ)
voicedbdɡ
prenasal vl.ᵐpⁿtᵑk
prenasal vd.ᵐbⁿdᵑɡ
Affricatevoicelessp͡f(t͡s)t͡ʃ(k͡p)
voicedb͡v(d͡z)d͡ʒ(ɡ͡b)
Fricativevoicelessfsʃ
voicedvzʒ(ɣ)
prenasalᶬvⁿzᶮʒ
Approximantljw
  • Other consonant sounds occur as palatalized /tʲ, dʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ/ and as labialized /ŋʷ/.
  • Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ are sometimes realized as [t͡s, d͡z] in free variation among speakers.
  • Sounds /t, d/ are phonetically dental as [t̪, d̪].
  • /ɡ/ may also be heard as [ɣ] in free variation.
  • Sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be lenited as [β, ɾ, ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
  • /l/ may also be heard as [r] in free variation.
  • Sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b/ are mostly heard from loanwords.
  • A glottal stop [ʔ] may also be heard, however; it is not phonemic and is only heard phonetically at the end of words.

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closei u
Mide o
Opena
  • Vowels /i, e, o, u/ may also be heard as [ɪ, ɛ, ɔ, ʊ] in unstressed positions.

External links

  • , World Atlas