Bujeba dialect


Bujeba also known as Bisio is a dialect of the Kwasio language spoken around Southern Bata and South of Rio Benito, in Equatorial Guinea.

Phonology

Consonants

  • Other consonant sounds occur as palatalized /tʲ, dʲ, , ɡʲ/ and as labialized /ŋʷ/.
  • Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ are sometimes realized as in free variation among speakers.
  • Sounds /t, d/ are phonetically dental as .
  • /ɡ/ may also be heard as in free variation.
  • Sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be lenited as in intervocalic positions.
  • /l/ may also be heard as in free variation.
  • Sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b/ are mostly heard from loanwords.
  • A glottal stop may also be heard, however; it is not phonemic and is only heard phonetically at the end of words.

    Vowels

  • Vowels /i, e, o, u/ may also be heard as in unstressed positions.