Pare language
Northeast Coast Bantu language of Tanzania
Pare | |
---|---|
Kipare, Casu | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | 500,000 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | asa |
Glottolog | asut1235 |
G.22 [2] |
Pare (Kipare), also known as Asu (Casu, Chasu, Athu, Chathu), is a Northeast Coast Bantu language spoken by the Pare people of Tanzania.
Phonology
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p b | t d | tɕ dʑ | k g | |
Prenasalized | ᵐp ᵐb | ⁿt ⁿd ⁿz | ⁿdʑ | ᵑk ᵑg | |
Fricative | f v | (θ) (ð) | s z | ɕ | x ɣ |
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Approximant | w | r, l | j |
- The dental fricatives /θ ð/ are only found in Swahili loanwords.
- /m/ can be syllabic.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
Additionally, Pare distinguishes between high tone and low tone.[3]
References
- ^ Pare at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ a b c Kagaya, Ryohei (1989). "A Classified Vocabulary of the Pare Language". Bantu Vocabulario Series. 6. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa: 1–179.
- v
- t
- e
Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H) (by Guthrie classification)
[J]E10 | |
---|---|
[J]E20 | |
[J]E30 | |
[J]E40 | |
E50 | |
E60 | |
E70 |
F10 | |
---|---|
[J]F20 | |
F30 |
G10 | |
---|---|
G20 | |
G30 | |
G40 | |
G50 | |
G60 |
H10 |
|
---|---|
H20 | |
H30 | |
H40 |
- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
- Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)
This Bantu language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e