Moba language

Moba anaa Bimoba be a Niger-Congo language wey de Moba people of Togo den Ghana dey speak. Der sanso be sam Moba speakers insyd Burkina Faso. E get two dialects (Moba insyd Togo den Burkina Faso den Bimoba insyd Ghana). De language cluster sanso be known as Moba–Bimoba.

 Classification 
Moba-Bimoba be a Gur language, a subset of de proposed Niger-Congo language family. E, along plus Bassari den Konkomba/Likpakpaln, be part of de Gurma (anaa Mabia) subgroup of Gur languages.

De Moba people dey speak de Moba. De Moba people insyd northern Ghana den Togodey speak am. Der sanso be sam Moba speakers insyd de central plateau of Burkina Faso.

Moba be a relatively important den vigorous language insyd Togo. Na e be one of de first four languages dem use for literacy training by Togo ein government, den as of 2024, e remain one of ten languages dem use for dis purpose. Ethnologue dey list Moba as stable, buh de Bimoba dialect as endangered.

 Phonology 
Bimoba get twenty-two consonants den six vowels.

 Consonants 
De singly-articulated consonants of Bimoba be listed below.
+Consonant phonemes BilabialLabio-dentalAlveolarPost-alveolar(Palato-alveolar)PalatalVelarGlottalPlosivepb  td  kɡ Affricate    tʃdʒ      FricativefshNasal m  n   ɲ ŋ  Trill     r        Approximant       j   Lateral approximant     l      
De Bimoba dialect sanso get four doubly-articulated consonants, all of wich dey involve labial den velar occlusions. One be de labiovelar approximant /w/, den de oda three be de voiced den voiceless stops (/gb/, /kp/) den voiced nasal /ŋm/.

 Vowels 
Chanard dey list six vowels insyd Bimoba. Moba get both oral den nasal vowels, wey e get a distinction between long den short vowels.
+Monophthong phonemes FrontBackunroundedroundedCloseiuClose-mideoOpen-midɔOpena
+Cognates between Gulmancema den MobaGulmancema toneGulmancema wordMoba wordMoba tonehigh-low/kándì//ka̋nt/extrahighhigh-high/kándí//kánt/high

 Grammar 
Moba be an SVO language, like English. E get both a noun class system den a verb class system. Chaw Moba morphemes be monosyllabic.  Negation generally dey occur before de verb, buh e be placed clause-finally insyd sam constructions.

 Writing system 
+Bimoba alphabet (SIL)All letters correspond to IPA unless notedabch /tʃ/defggbhij /dʒ/kkplmnny /ɲ/ŋŋmoɔprstuwy /j/
+Moba alphabet (Peace Corps Togo)aãbcdeẽɛɛ̃fghiĩɩɩ̃jklmnŋoõɔɔ̃pstruvwy

 References 

 External links 
 Moba dictionary

Category:Languages of Togo
Category:Gurma languages
Category:Languages wey dey Ghana
Category:Languages