Geba | |
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Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2010) [1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
kvq |
Glottolog |
geba1237 |
Geba, also known as Eastern Bwe, is a Karen language of Burma.
The consonant inventory of Geba is presented below. The consonants in parentheses occur rarely and confirming whether they are phonemes would require further research. [2]
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Post-alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosives | Voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tʃʰ | kʰ | |||
Voiceless unaspirated | p | t | ( tʃ) | k | ʔ | |||
Voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||||
Implosives | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||
Fricatives | Voiceless aspirated | sʰ | ||||||
Voiceless unaspirated | θ | s | ʃ | ( x) | h | |||
Voiced | ( ɣ) | ( ɦ) | ||||||
Nasals | Voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | |||||
Voiced | m | n | ( ŋ) | |||||
Approximants | Voiceless | w̥ | l̥ | |||||
Voiced | w | l | j | |||||
Trills | r |
Geba | |
---|---|
Native to | Burma |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2010) [1] |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
kvq |
Glottolog |
geba1237 |
Geba, also known as Eastern Bwe, is a Karen language of Burma.
The consonant inventory of Geba is presented below. The consonants in parentheses occur rarely and confirming whether they are phonemes would require further research. [2]
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Post-alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosives | Voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tʃʰ | kʰ | |||
Voiceless unaspirated | p | t | ( tʃ) | k | ʔ | |||
Voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||||
Implosives | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||
Fricatives | Voiceless aspirated | sʰ | ||||||
Voiceless unaspirated | θ | s | ʃ | ( x) | h | |||
Voiced | ( ɣ) | ( ɦ) | ||||||
Nasals | Voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | |||||
Voiced | m | n | ( ŋ) | |||||
Approximants | Voiceless | w̥ | l̥ | |||||
Voiced | w | l | j | |||||
Trills | r |