Southern Birifor is a Gur language of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by about 200,000 people, mainly in Ghana, particularly in Upper West and Northern regions, with perhaps ten thousand in Zanzan district of Ivory Coast.
Phonology Vowels FrontCentralBackClose Near-close Close-mid Open-mid Open
Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velarGlottalPlosive/AffricatevoicelessvoicedFricativevoicelessvoicedNasalplainApproximantplainglottalTrill
Orthography It is written in this alphabet: MajusculesAÃBC D EẼƐƐ̃FGGbHIĨƖƖ̃JKKpLʹLMNNyŊŊmOÕƆƆ̃PRSTUŨƲƲ̃VWʹWYʹYMinusculesaãbcdeẽɛɛ̃fggbhiĩɩɩ̃jkkplʹlmnnyŋŋmoõɔɔ̃prstuũʋʋ̃vwʹwyʹyPhonetic value
Long vowels are written double.
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