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Baka language, the Glossary

Baka (also called Be-bayaga, Be-bayaka, and Bibaya de L’est) is a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon and Gabon.^[1]

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African Pygmies
Languages of Gabon
Ngbaka languages

Abong-Mbang

Abong-Mbang is a town and commune in the East Region of Cameroon.

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The Adamawa–Ubangi languages are a geographic grouping and formerly postulated family of languages spoken in Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, by a total of about 12 million people.

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Affricate

An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).

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African Pygmies

The African Pygmies (or Congo Pygmies, variously also Central African foragers, "African rainforest hunter-gatherers" (RHG) or "Forest People of Central Africa") are a group of ethnicities native to Central Africa, mostly the Congo Basin, traditionally subsisting on a forager and hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

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Aka people

The Aka or Biaka (also Bayaka, Babenzele) are a nomadic Mbenga pygmy people. Baka language and Aka people are African Pygmies.

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Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

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Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages comprise the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa.

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Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

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Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon)

The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya), are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of the Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic. Baka language and Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon) are African Pygmies.

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Bangandu language

Bangando and Ngombe constitute a Gbaya language of Cameroon and CAR. Baka language and Bangandu language are languages of Cameroon.

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Bantu languages

The Bantu languages (English:, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu peoples of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa.

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Bengbis

Bengbis is a town and commune in Cameroon.

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Bilabial consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips.

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Boumba-et-Ngoko

Boumba-et-Ngoko is a department of East Province in Cameroon.

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Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa.

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Central African Republic

The Central African Republic (CAR), formerly known as Ubangi-Shari, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.

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Classification of Pygmy languages

The term Congo Pygmies (African Pygmies) refers to "forest people" who have, or recently had, a hunter-gatherer economy and a simple, non-hierarchical societal structure based on bands, are of short stature,Generally speaking; those who are not particularly short, such as the Babongo and Bedzan, are sometimes distinguished as "pygmoid".

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Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

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Close-mid vowel

A close-mid vowel (also mid-close vowel, high-mid vowel, mid-high vowel or half-close vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Baka language and Close-mid vowel

Dialect

Dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word, 'discourse', from, 'through' and, 'I speak') refers to two distinctly different types of linguistic relationships.

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Dimako

Dimako is the name of a sub-division district and small town situated in Upper Nyong Division of the East Province of Cameroon, Africa.

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Dja-et-Lobo

Dja-et-Lobo is a department of South Province in Cameroon.

See Baka language and Dja-et-Lobo

Djoum

Djoum is a town in South Province, Cameroon.

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Doumé, Cameroon

Doumé is a town and commune in Cameroon.

See Baka language and Doumé, Cameroon

Fricative

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

See Baka language and Fricative

Front vowel

A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.

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Gabon

Gabon (Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (République gabonaise), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.

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Gari-Gombo

Gari-Gombo is a town and commune in Cameroon.

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Glottal consonant

Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.

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Haut-Nyong

Haut-Nyong is a department of East Province in Cameroon.

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Kadey

Kadey (also spelled Kadéï, Kadéi, Kadeï or Kadei) is a department of East Province in Cameroon.

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Kwasio language

The Kwasio language, also known as Ngumba / Mvumbo, Bujeba, and Gyele / Kola, is a language of Cameroon, spoken in the south along the coast and at the border with Equatorial Guinea by some 70,000 members of the Ngumba, Kwasio, Gyele and Mabi peoples. Baka language and Kwasio language are African Pygmies and languages of Cameroon.

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Labialized velar consonant

A labialized velar or labiovelar is a velar consonant that is labialized, with a -like secondary articulation.

See Baka language and Labialized velar consonant

Lateral consonant

A lateral is a consonant in which the airstream proceeds along one or both of the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through the middle of the mouth.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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Lomié

Lomié is a town in the Lomié District in the Upper Nyong division of the East Province of Cameroon.

See Baka language and Lomié

Makaa–Njem languages

The Makaa–Njem languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.

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Mbaka language

The Mbaka or Bwaka language, Ngbaka Ma'bo (also called Gbaka, Ma'bo, Ngbwaka, Ngbaka Limba) is a major Ubangian language spoken by the Mbaka people of CAR and Congo. Baka language and Mbaka language are Ngbaka languages.

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Meyomessala

Meyomessala is a town and commune in Cameroon.

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Mintom

Mintom is a town and commune in Cameroon.

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Moloundou

Moloundou is an arrondissement (district) in the Boumba-et-Ngoko Division of southeastern Cameroon's East Province.

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Mutual intelligibility

In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort.

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Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

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Ndelele

Ndelele is a town and commune in Cameroon.

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Ngbaka languages

The dozen Ngbaka languages are a family of Ubangian languages spoken in the Central African Republic and neighboring areas.

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Ngoila

Ngoila, also spelled Ngoyla and Ngoida, is a village in the East Province of Cameroon, located at 2.617° N, 14.017° E. The primary ethnic group is the Njem.

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Niger–Congo languages

Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Océan

Océan is a department of South Province in Cameroon.

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Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

See Baka language and Open vowel

Open-mid vowel

An open-mid vowel (also mid-open vowel, low-mid vowel, mid-low vowel or half-open vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Baka language and Open-mid vowel

Oveng

Oveng is a town and commune in the South Province of Cameroon.

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Palatal consonant

Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

See Baka language and Palatal consonant

Plosive

In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

See Baka language and Plosive

Pygmy peoples

In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. Baka language and pygmy peoples are African Pygmies.

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Sangmélima

Sangmélima is a town on the Lobo River, and also the chief town of Dja et Lobo, in the South Province Republic of Cameroon.

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Semivowel

In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel, glide or semiconsonant is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.

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Ubangian languages

The Ubangian languages form a diverse linkage of some seventy languages centered on the Central African Republic and the DR Congo.

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Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

See Baka language and Velar consonant

Volta–Congo languages

Volta–Congo is a major branch of the Atlantic–Congo family.

See Baka language and Volta–Congo languages

Yokadouma

Yokadouma is a town and Catholic bishopric in eastern Cameroon, lying near the border with the Central African Republic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baka_language

Also known as Baka (Cameroon), Baka language (Cameroon), Baka language (East Region, Cameroon), Baka languages, Bamassa language, Bayaga language, Bayaka language, Bayanga language, Bebayaga language, Bebayaka language, Bomasa language, Bomassa language, Cameroon Baka language, Ganzi language, Gundi language, ISO 639:bkc, ISO 639:bme, ISO 639:gdi, ISO 639:gnz, Limassa, Limassa language.

, Oveng, Palatal consonant, Plosive, Pygmy peoples, Sangmélima, Semivowel, Ubangian languages, Velar consonant, Volta–Congo languages, Yokadouma.

Baka language, the Glossary

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See also

African Pygmies

Languages of Gabon

Ngbaka languages

References