Seki language

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Seki, also Baseke, Sheke or Sekiana, is a language indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It had been spoken in villages of Rio Campo and Northern Bata, along the coast, but its native speakers have begun abandoning the language for Spanish, Fang, and Kombe. Can be related to Kako spoken in the East region of Cameroon and some parts of the west of Central African Republic.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-alv./
Palatal
Velar Labio-
velar
Nasal Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link (Template:IPA link)
Plosive/
Affricate
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voiced Template:IPA link Template:IPA link (Template:IPA link) Template:IPA link
prenasal vl. Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
prenasal vd. Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Fricative voiceless Template:IPA link
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Rhotic Template:IPA link
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  • /z, d͡ʒ/ only rarely occur phonemically.
  • /ɡ/ may be lenited as [ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
  • /ᵑɡ/ can be heard as a nasal [ŋ] when in word-final position, or when followed by /l/.[1][2]

Vowels

Front Central Back
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Close-mid Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Open-mid Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
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References

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