Harshen Mbato

Mbato, wanda aka fi sani da Mbatto, Nghlwa, Potu ko Gwa, yaren Kwa ne da ake magana da shi a Ivory Coast da Ghana . Yana ɗaya daga cikin harsunan Potou guda biyu, tare da Ebrié . Mutanen Mbato suna zama a yankin La Mé na ƙasar Ivory Coast, musamman a ƙaramar hukuma ta Oghlwapo a sashen Alépé.
 Fassarar sauti 
+Consonants  Labial Dental Palatal Velar Labio-velar Plosives : fortis, mara murya p t c k Plosives: fortis, murya (b) d ɗa [ɟ, dʒ] g gb [g͡b] Plosives: lenis, murya ɓ¹ ʄ ɠ gɓ [g͡ɓ] Sonorant : lenis ɓ² [ɓ, m] j [j, ɲ] w [w, ŋʷ, ŋ͡m] Masu saɓo f/(v) s/(z) h [x, h]
Mbato ba shi da sautin wayoyi na hanci, amma wasulan hanci (duba tebur da ke ƙasa) suna sa sonorants [ɓ, l, j, w] su daidaita kuma a ce su [m, n, ɲ, ŋʷ]. 

Akwai nau'ikan wayoyi guda biyu na bilabial, /ɓ¹/ da /ɓ²/. Na farko ana kiransa da [ɓ] koyaushe, yayin da na biyu kuma ake furta shi [m] a cikin mahallin wasalin hanci. 

Sautunan [b, v, z] na gefe ne kuma suna faruwa a cikin kalmomin lamuni kawai. 
+Wasula  Baki Nasal Kusa i ku ɪ̃ ʊ̃ Tsakar e [e, ɪ] ku [o, ʊ] Bude e a ku ɛ̃ ɔ̃ [ɔ̃, ã]
Yayin da akwai yuwuwar yaren Proto- Potou yana da tsarin ± ATR, ya ɓace daga Ebrié kuma ya bar burbushi kawai a Mbato. 

Mbato yana da tsarin tonal wanda ya ƙunshi sautunan matakin uku. 

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Sunan ajin prefixes a Mbato yana aiki don bambanta tsakanin wasu wayoyi masu luwadi da tsakanin nau'ikan nau'ikan guda ɗaya da jam'i. Tun asali, da wannan tsarin zai kasance da ƙarfi, kamar yadda ake gani a wasu harsunan Nijar-Congo . 

Ƙididdiga masu ƙima guda huɗu sune ó-, à-, ʊ́̃-, da ʊ̃̀-. Na ƙarshe biyun, waɗanda wasulan hanci ne, kuma ana iya gane su azaman hancin syllabic, an rubuta su azaman ɴ́- da ɴ̀-. 
Prefix  Kalma Gloss ya- abu dutse a- awɔ cat ʊ̃́-, ɴ́- Ɗau yam ʊ̃̀-, ɴ̀- ʊ̃́mɛ̄ igiya.pl

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Category:Harsunan Kwa