Southern Birifor language

Southern Birifɔ

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 e la Gur kɔkɔre naŋ yi a Niger–Congo zage. Noba ta ŋa 200,000 la yele o, gbɛɛ yaga Ghana poɔ, gaŋazaa Ɔpa Wɛse Irigyiŋ ane Northern irigyiŋ poɔ, ne ta ŋa 10,000 noba Zanzan desekyere naŋ be Ivory Coast poɔ.

Fonologyi

Sɛgebinyaŋene

	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

Sɛgebidaare

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- 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

Sɛgebo

Sɛgebie ama la ka ba sɛgerɛ ne o:

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

Sɛgebinyaŋenwogiri maŋ sɛge la o boŋkpara.