Cebaara (Tyebala), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a major Senufo language, spoken by a million people in Ivory Coast.
Phonology Cebaara has the following sound inventory:
Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velarGlottalPlosivevoicelessptckk͡pʔvoicedbdɟɡɡ͡bFricativevoicelessfsvoicedvzNasalmnɲŋRhoticrLaterallApproximantjw
/b/ can be heard as a voiced fricative [β] when in intervocalic position. Voiceless stops /p, t/ can occur as slightly voiced before /i/ as [p̬, t̬] /s/ can be palatalized before an /i/, and can be recognized as a post-alveolar fricative [ʃ] before another vowel in /siV/ position. Palatal sounds /c, ɟ/ can also be heard as affricate sounds [t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ] within free variation. /ŋ/ can also be heard as a post-nasal [ɡ ̃] within word final positions.
Vowels Oral vowelsNasal vowelsFrontCentralBackFrontCentralBackClosei iːu uːĩ ĩːũ ũːClose-mide eːəo oːOpen-midɛ ɛːɔ ɔːɛ̃ ɛ̃ːɔ̃ ɔ̃ːOpena aːã ãː
Vowels /e, o/ can be realized as [ɪ, ʊ] when in shortened form. References
br:Senareg