Northern Birifor language

Northern Birifor or Malba Birifor is a Gur language of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by a few hundred thousand people, mainly in the southwest of Burkina Faso, particularly in the provinces of Bougouriba, Ioba, Noumbiel and Poni and in eastern Ivory Coast.

Phonology Vowels FrontCentralBackClose Near-close Close-mid Open-mid Open

Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velarGlottalPlosive/AffricatevoicelessvoicedImplosivevoicedFricativevoicelessvoicedNasalplainApproximantplainglottalTrill

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Long vowels are written double but without doubling the nasal tilde, e.g. for

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