Shambala language
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other Sambaa or Shambaa or Shambala is a Bantu language of Tanzania.
Overview
Sambaa, also Kisambaa, (ki)Shambaa, (ki)Shambala is spoken by the Shambaa in the Usambara mountains in the Lushoto District and Muheza District, Tanga Region, of northern Tanzania. Some dialectal variation exists between the language as spoken in the area around Lushoto and the areas around Mlalo and Mtae, possibly also between the Shambaa of the Western Usambara Mountains and the Eastern Usambara Mountains.
Phonology
Vowels
Five vowels are noted as [i, ɛ, a, ɔ, u].
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | |
| voiced | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | ||
| vl. prenasal | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | |||
| vd. prenasal | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | |
| voiced | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | |||
| Nasal | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | ||
| Approximant | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | |||
The diacritics within prenasal voiceless plosives are devoiced as [ᵐ̥ ⁿ̥ ᵑ̊].[1]
References
External links
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