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[Note: Syenara (and incoming links from alternate spellings and the ISO code) should probably be merged with Sucite language rather than with Senara, per Hammarström (2015)]

Senara (Niangolo), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a Senufo language of Burkina Faso and Mali.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants[2]
LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabial-velarGlottal
Plosive/Affricatevoiceless ptkkpʔ
voiced bdggb
Nasal m
Fricativevoiceless fs
voiced vz
Approximant ljw

Vowels

Oral vowels[2]
FrontBack
Closeshort iu
long
Close-midshort eo
long
Open-midshort ɛɔ
long ɛːɔː
Openshort a
long
Nasal vowels[2]
FrontBack
Closeshort ĩũ
long ĩːũː
Close-midshort õ
long ẽːõː
Open-midshort ɛ̃ɔ̃
long ɛ̃ːɔ̃ː
Openshort ã
long ãː

Tone

Senara has low, rising, and high tones.[2]

Writing system

Syenara[3] alphabet (Mali, 1982)
ABCDE ƐFGGBH IJKKPL MNƝŊO ƆPRSSH TUVWY ZZH
abcde ɛfggbh ijkkpl mnɲŋo ɔprssh tuvwy zzh

References

  1. Senara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Syenara (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Senara Sénoufo sound inventory (AA)". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Syenara". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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