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[Note: Syenara (and incoming links from alternate spellings and the ISO code) should probably be merged with Sucite language rather than with Senara, per Hammarström (2015)]

Senara (Niangolo), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a Senufo language of Burkina Faso and Mali.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants[2]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-velar Glottal
Plosive/Affricate voiceless p t tʃ k kp ʔ
voiced b d dʒ g gb
Nasal m
Fricative voiceless f s
voiced v z
Approximant l j w

Vowels

Oral vowels[2]
Front Back
Close short i u
long iː uː
Close-mid short e o
long eː oː
Open-mid short ɛ ɔ
long ɛː ɔː
Open short a
long aː
Nasal vowels[2]
Front Back
Close short ĩ ũ
long ĩː ũː
Close-mid short ẽ õ
long ẽː õː
Open-mid short ɛ̃ ɔ̃
long ɛ̃ː ɔ̃ː
Open short ã
long ãː

Tone

Senara has low, rising, and high tones.[2]

Writing system

Syenara[3] alphabet (Mali, 1982)
A B C D E Ɛ F G GB H I J K KP L M N Ɲ Ŋ O Ɔ P R S SH T U V W Y Z ZH
a b c d e ɛ f g gb h i j k kp l m n ɲ ŋ o ɔ p r s sh t u v w y z zh

References

  1. ^ Senara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Syenara (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c d Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). “Senara Sénoufo sound inventory (AA)”. PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). “Syenara”. Glottolog . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.