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Cebaara (Tyebala), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a major Senufo language, spoken by a million people in
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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 ̬, t̬* /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 ͡ʃ, d͡ʒwithin free variation. * /ŋ/ can also be heard as a post-nasal � ̃within word final positions.


Vowels

* Vowels /e, o/ can be realized as �, ʊwhen in shortened form.


References

Senari languages Languages of Ivory Coast {{Senufo-lang-stub br:Senareg