Naba language
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Naba is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by approximately 500,000 people in Chad.[1] Those who speak this language are called Lisi, a collective name for three closely associated ethnic groups, the Bilala, the Kuka and the Medogo, that represent the three dialects in which Naba is subdivided. They live mainly in the Batha Prefecture, but the Kuka also reside in Chari-Baguirmi. Ethnologue estimates the lexical similarity among the three dialects to be no less than 99%.[1] Arabic is often spoken as a second language.[1]
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
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| implosiveScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | ||||
| Fricative | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |||
| Nasal | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | ||
| Rhotic | Template:IPA link / Template:IPA link | |||||
| Approximant | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |||
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- Script error: No such module "IPA". can also be heard as Script error: No such module "IPA". when in intervocalic positions.
- Affricate sounds Script error: No such module "IPA". are heard as palatal stop sounds Script error: No such module "IPA". when affected by fortition in pre-consonantal positions.
- Script error: No such module "IPA". may be heard as approximants Script error: No such module "IPA". in intervocalic positions. It may also be pronounced as a uvular trill Script error: No such module "IPA". when before back vowels in intervocalic positions.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Mid | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | |
| Open | Template:IPA link |
- Vowels Script error: No such module "IPA". have allophones Script error: No such module "IPA". when in closed syllables.
- A central Script error: No such module "IPA". may be heard in fast speech and in vowel epenthesis.[2]