Seki language

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Seki
Sekiyani
Native to Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Native speakers
12,000 (2001-2007) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 syi
Glottolog seki1238
B.21 [2]
ELP Seki
Idioma seki.png

Seki, also Baseke, Sheke or Sekiana, is a language indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It had been spoken in villages of Rio Campo and Northern Bata, along the coast, but its native speakers have begun abandoning the language for Spanish, Fang, and Kombe. Can be related to Kako spoken in the East region of Cameroon and some parts of the west of Central African Republic.

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Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-alv./
Palatal
Velar Labio-
velar
Nasal m n ɲ ( ŋ )
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t t͡ʃ k
voiced b d ( d͡ʒ )
prenasal vl. ᵐp ⁿt ⁿt͡ʃ ᵑk
prenasal vd. ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ʒ ᵑɡ ᵑɡ͡b
Fricative voiceless s
voiced β ( z )
Rhotic r
Approximant l j w

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

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References

  1. Seki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Ondo-Mébiame, Pierre (1986). Esquisse phonologique et morphologique du seki. Libreville: Université Omar Bongo.
  4. Echegaray, Carlos González (1952). La clasificación nominal en el baseque. Archivos del Instituto de Estudios Africanos, v. 6, no. 20-23. pp. 73–92.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)