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Geba Karen language

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Geba
Native toBurma
Native speakers
40,000 (2010)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3kvq
Glottologgeba1237

Geba, also known as Eastern Bwe, is a Karen language of Burma.

Distribution

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Dialects

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  • Sawkho
  • Gerkho-Geba
  • Thamitaik (Sawkeepho)

Phonology

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The consonant inventory of Geba is presented below. The consonants in parentheses occur rarely and confirming whether they are phonemes would require further research.[2]

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Post-alveolar Velar Glottal
Plosives Voiceless aspirated tʃʰ
Voiceless unaspirated p t () k ʔ
Voiced b d ɡ
Implosives ɓ ɗ
Fricatives Voiceless aspirated
Voiceless unaspirated θ s ʃ (x) h
Voiced (ɣ) (ɦ)
Nasals Voiceless
Voiced m n (ŋ)
Approximants Voiceless
Voiced w l j
Trills r

References

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  1. ^ Geba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Shee, Naw Hsar (2008). A Descriptive Grammar of Geba Karen. Payap University. p. 43.
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