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, kʲ, ɡʲ/ and as labialized /ŋʷ/.
• Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ are sometimes realized as [tÍ¡s, dÍ¡z] in free variation among speakers.
• Sounds /t, d/ are phonetically dental as [t̪, d̪].
• /É¡/ may also be heard as [É£] in free variation.
• Sounds /b, d, É¡/ may be lenited as [β, ɾ, É£] in intervocalic positions.
• /l/ may also be heard as [r] in free variation.
• Sounds /kÍ¡p, É¡Í¡b/ are mostly heard from loanwords.
• A glottal stop [ʔ] 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 [ɪ, ɛ, ɔ, ʊ] in unstressed positions.

References

External links

• Equatorial Guinea- Ethnic Composition, World Atlas