Alphabets of Africa

COTE D'lVOIRE

SENOUFO (SENARI) (GUR)

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

/m/

EXAMPLES

ivl

P

M

b

N

t

Idl

d,r

/tj/

c

/cfe/

J

N

k

/9/

g

/kp/

kp

/gb/

gb

/kpm/

km

/gbm/

gm

/•^/

?

/i/

i

/e/

e

/£/

E

/V:/

VV

W

Vn

A^:/

VVn

m:V2/

WiVan

fW-^WI

Vn?V

(Senari)

Labialization:

Cw

Palatalization:

Cy

/a/

lil

f

a

taga

to believe

M

V

b

bee

there

c

caa

to look for

s

d

dali

chimpanzee

z

e

fe

kind of grain

(V

1, n

E

se?e

to examine

M

w, g

f

fala

to sow

lyl

9

golo

chicken

y. ny

gb

gbaa

to drink

gm
i

nigmoon

SI

healer
and, but

J

jaa

to break

k

kaara

meat

km

kmoon

to hit

kp
1

kpoo
lata

to kill
weather

m

mani

rice

n

noD

cow

Inl

ny

nyDD

to be good

u

5

rjDno

knife

/o/

kolo

chair

h(

koB

hand

P

para

to sell

r

tara

to slip

s

t

SOD

too

antelope
to fall

u

sugo

mortar

V

vogo

cabin

w

wii

to whistle

y

yaama

illness

z

za-^a

rain

9

ka-^a

village

Tones:

rw'j

VV

/cvcv/

cvcv

N'J

w

/cvcv/

cvcv

/V:/

VV

/cvcv/

cvcv

fV:/

VV

/cvcv/

cvcv

fV'W

VV

/cvcv/

cvcv

ALPHABET

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Alphabets of Afrtea

edited by Published by UNESCO Regional office in Dakar (DKEDA)

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Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3

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