West Banda is a minor Banda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.
Dialects Dialects are Dakpa, Gbaga-Nord (Gbaga-2), Gbi, Vita, and Wojo (Hodjo), as reported by Ethnologue and Moñino (1988).Moñino, Yves (1988). Lexique comparatif des langues oubanguiennes. Paris: Geuthner.
Dákpá speakers live in some villages near the Sara people of Nyango; clans are Yangbà and Dèkò.Nougayrol, Pierre. 1989. Les Groupes Banda du Bamingui-Bangoran (RCA). Révue d'Ethnolinguistique (Cahiers du LACITO) 4: 197-208.
Phonology
Consonants BilabialLabio-dentalDentalAlveolarPost-alveolarPalatalVelarLabial-velarGlottalPlosivevoicelessvoiced prenasalizedFricativevoiceless voicedprenasalizedNasalTap/FlapLateralApproximant
Vowels FrontMidBackCloseClose-midMidOpen-midOpen Vowel tones in West Banda are rising /ǎ/, falling /â/, mid /ā/, low /à/, and high /á/.
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