Paʼa language
Paʼa | |
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Afa | |
Fucaka | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Bauchi State |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | pqa |
Glottolog | paaa1242 |
ELP | Pa'a |
Person | FuCiki[2] |
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People | Foni |
Language | FuCaka |
Paʼa, also known as Afa (Afawa) or Fucaka (autonym), is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Bauchi State, Nigeria.[1]
Phonology
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
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plain | lateral | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | palatalized | |||
Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k g | kʷ gʷ | ʔ | |||
Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿɟ | ᵑg | ᵑgʷ | ||||
Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||||
Ejective | s’ | ɬ’ | k’ | kʷ’ | |||||
Fricative | f v | s z | ɬ ɮ | ʃ ʒ | h ɦ | hʷ ɦʷ | hʲ ɦʲ | ||
Nasal | m | n | |||||||
Approximant | r | l | j, ˀj | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Low | a aː |
Additionally, the following diphthongs are recorded: /ei/, /au/.
Pa'a also has four tones;[3] high, mid, low, and falling.
Notes
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