Bariba language
| Bariba | |
|---|---|
| Baatonum | |
| Native to | Benin, Niger |
| Region | Borgou |
| Ethnicity | Bariba people |
Native speakers | (560,000 cited 1995)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bba |
| Glottolog | baat1238 |
Bariba, also known as Baatonum (also Baatombu, Baatonu, Barba, Barganchi, Bargawa, Bargu, Baruba, Berba, Bogung, and Burgu) is the language of the Bariba people of Benin and Nigeria and was the language of the state of Borgu. It is not closely related to other languages.
Bariba is a tone language.[2] Tonal patterns in Bariba have been claimed to present a challenge to the Two-Feature Model of tonal phonology.[3]
References
- ^ Bariba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ N.L. Haddock (1959) The tones of Bariba Phonetica 3:90-94
- ^ Clements, Michaud, and Patin, Do we need tone features? In Tones and features: phonetic and phonological perspectives, Goldsmith, Hume, and Whetzels, editors
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