Mandja Language
Manza (''Mānzā'', Mandja) is a Ubangian language spoken by the Mandja people of the Central African Republic. It is closely related to Ngbaka language, Ngbaka and may be to some extent mutually intelligible. Phonology The phonology consists of the following: Consonants * Sounds /ɾ/ and /ⱱ/ are very rare in word-initial position. * /ⁿz/ can be heard in free variation as a prenasal affricate sound [ⁿd͡ʒ]. * [l] is only heard in free variation of /j/. * /j/ can be heard as [ɲ] when preceding a nasal vowel. Vowels * /a/ can have an allophone of [ɐ], when in complementary distribution. * The nasalization of /ɛ̃/ may also be heard more lower as [æ̃] in free variation. Writing system The tones are indicated on the letters using diacritics: * the middle tone is indicated using the umlaut:  ; * the high tone is indicated using the circumflex accent: . References

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Mandja People
The Mandja (also: Mandjia, Mandija, Manja) are an ethnic group found in the central region of the Central African Republic. They are related to the Gbaya people The Gbaya, also Gbeya or Baya, are a people of western region of Central African Republic, east-central Cameroon, the north of the Republic of Congo, and the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the first half of the 20th century, the .... They number approximately 250,000. References Ethnic groups in the Central African Republic {{CentralAfricanRepublic-stub ...
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