Cebaara language
Cebaara, one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a major Senufo language, spoken by a million people in Ivory Coast.
Phonology
Cebaara has the following sound inventory:Consonants
- /b/ can be heard as a voiced fricative when in intervocalic position.
- Voiceless stops /p, t/ can occur as slightly voiced before /i/ as
- /s/ can be palatalized before an /i/, and can be recognized as a post-alveolar fricative before another vowel in /siV/ position.
- Palatal sounds /c, ɟ/ can also be heard as affricate sounds within free variation.
- /ŋ/ can also be heard as a post-nasal within word final positions.