Minyanka language
Minyanka is a northern Senufo language spoken by about 750,000 people in southeastern Mali. It is closely related to Supyire. Minyanka is one of the national languages of Mali.
Phonology
Consonants
- A pharyngeal fricative is also typically heard when in between vowels, or as an allophone of /ɡ/ when in intervocalic position.
- Glottal sounds are only heard in the Bla dialect, instead of labio-velar sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b, ŋ͡m/.
- Sounds /k, ɡ/ can also be heard as fricatives when in intervocalic positions.
Vowels
- /u/ can also be heard as when in the position of /j/.
- /o/ can also be heard as when before a glottal /ʔ/.