Southern Birifor language

Southern Birifor

language, modern language

Subclass of	Birifor
Country	Ivory Coast, Ghana
Indigenous to	Zanzan District, Northern Region, Upper West Region
Ethnologue language status	5 Developing

Southern Birifor be a Gur language of de Niger–Congo family. About 200,000 people dey speak am, mainly insyd Ghana, particularly insyd Upper West den Northern regions, plus perhaps ten thousand insyd Zanzan district of Ivory Coast.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː ĩ ĩː		u uː ũ ũː
Near-close	ɪ ɪː ɪ̃ ɪ̃ː		ʊ ʊː ʊ̃ ʊ̃ː
Close-mid	e eː ẽ ẽː		o oː õ õː
Open-mid	ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː		ɔ ɔː ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː
Open		a aː ã ãː

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-<br id="mwbg"><br>velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	c	k	k͡p
	voiced	b	d	ɟ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
	voiced	v
Nasal	plain	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋ͡m
Approximant	plain		l	j		w
	glottal		ˀl	ˀj		ˀw
Trill			r

Orthography

Dem dey wrep insyd dis alphabet:

Majuscules
A	Ã	B	C	D	E	Ẽ	Ɛ	Ɛ̃	F	G	Gb	H	I	Ĩ	Ɩ	Ɩ̃	J	K	Kp	L	ʹL	M	N	Ny	Ŋ	Ŋm	O	Õ	Ɔ	Ɔ̃	P	R	S	T	U	Ũ	Ʋ	Ʋ̃	V	W	ʹW	Y	ʹY
Minuscules
a	ã	b	c	d	e	ẽ	ɛ	ɛ̃	f	g	gb	h	i	ĩ	ɩ	ɩ̃	j	k	kp	l	ʹl	m	n	ny	ŋ	ŋm	o	õ	ɔ	ɔ̃	p	r	s	t	u	ũ	ʋ	ʋ̃	v	w	ʹw	y	ʹy
Phonetic value
a	ã	b	c	d	e	ẽ	ɛ	ɛ̃	f	ɡ	ɡ͡b	h	i	ĩ	ɪ	ɪ̃	ɟ	k	k͡p	l	ˀl	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋ͡m	o	õ	ɔ	ɔ̃	p	r	s	t	u	ũ	ʊ	ʊ̃	v	w	ˀw	j	ˀj

Dem dey wrep long vowels double.