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Senara language

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[Note: Syenara (and incoming links from alternate spellings and the ISO code) should probably be merged with Sucite language rather than with Senara, per Hammarström (2015)]

Senara
Senari
Native toBurkina Faso
Native speakers
(210,000 cited 1995–2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
seq – Senara
shz – Syenara (duplicate code)
Glottologsena1262
syen1235  bookkeeping; bibliography

Senara (Niangolo), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a Senufo language of Burkina Faso and Mali.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Vowels

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Oral vowels[2]
FrontBack
Closeshort iu
long iːuː
Close-midshort eo
long eːoː
Open-midshort ɛɔ
long ɛːɔː
Openshort a
long aː
Nasal vowels[2]
FrontBack
Closeshort ĩũ
long ĩːũː
Close-midshort ẽõ
long ẽːõː
Open-midshort ɛ̃ɔ̃
long ɛ̃ːɔ̃ː
Openshort ã
long ãː

Tone

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Senara has low, rising, and high tones.[2]

Writing system

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Syenara[3] alphabet (Mali, 1982)
ABCDE ƐFGGBH IJKKPL MNƝŊO ƆPRSSH TUVWY ZZH
abcde ɛfggbh ijkkpl mnɲŋo ɔprssh tuvwy zzh

References

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  1. ↑ Senara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Syenara (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Senara Sénoufo sound inventory (AA)". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). "Syenara". Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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