Baïnounk Gubëeher

Updated on Dec 22, 2024

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Native to Senegal ISO 639-3 None (mis)		Writing system Latin script
Native speakers less than 1000 Gubeeher proper (2011) Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoSenegambianWolof–NyunNyun-BuyBanyumBaïnounk Gubëeher Dialects GubeeherGufangorGubelor

Baïnounk Gubëeher is a minority language of Senegal, whose speakers are concentrated in Djibonker, Casamance.

Consonants

The consonant phonemes of Baïnounk Gubëeher are as follows:

Notes

Phonemic status of geminated consonants is uncertain. There are a few words that have them, but there are no minimal pairs.

Word-final /ɾ/ can be pronounced as a voiceless uvular trill by some speakers.

The vowel phonemes of Baïnounk Gubëeher are as follows:

Length is phonemic for all vowels. The difference between /i, u/ and /ɪ, ʊ/ is hard to perceive; the minimal pairs are rare.

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