Asụsụ Bench

Asụsụ Bench

asụsụ, modern language

obere ụdị nke	Omotic languages
mba/obodo	Ethiopia
ụmụ amaala ka	Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
usoro ederede	Latin script, Geʽez script
Ọkwa asụsụ Ethnologue	4 Educational

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Asụsụ Bench bụkwa asụsụ Northern Omotic nke "Gimojan" subgroup, nke ihe dị ka mmadụ 174,000 na-asụ (na 1998) na mpaghara Bench Maji nke Southern Nations, Nationalities, na Peoples Region, na ndịda Etiopia, gburugburu obodo Mizan Teferi na Shewa Gimira. N'akwụkwọ edemede nke afọ 2006, Christian Rapold kọwara ụdị Bench atọ (Benchnon, Shenon, na Mernon) dị ka "...mutually comprensible...varieties of one and the same language". Bench bụ asụsụ nna nna nke ndị Bench.

Mana n'ụzọ dị iche na ọtụtụ asụsụ ndị ọzọ dị n'Africa, Bench nwere ụdaume retroflex. Asụsụ ahụ dịkwa ịrịba ama n'ihi na o nwere ụda ụda ụda isii, otu n'ime asụsụ ole na ole n'ụwa nwere ọtụtụ. Bench nwere ụdị a na-afụ ụfụ nke ndị ọkà okwu nwoke na-eji, nke na-enye ohere nkwurịta okwu n'ebe dị anya karịa Bench a na-ekwu. Enwere ike ịmepụta ụda ahụ site na iji egbugbere ọnụ ma ọ bụ mee ya site na oghere e ji aka abụọ mepụta. Tụkwasị na nke a, enwere ike ịkọwa ụdị asụsụ a site na krar nwere eriri ise.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Mkpụrụ ụdaume nke Bench bụ //i e a o u/ e a o u/.

E nwere ụda ụda isii: ụda ọkwa ise (nke nọmba 1 ruo 5 n'akwụkwọ, ebe 1 bụ nke kachasị ala) na otu ụda na-arị elu 23 /ń/. A na-ahụ ụda kachasị elu mgbe ụfọdụ dị ka ụda dị elu nke 45 [[[]. Na ụdaume o, ha bụ /ő ó ó ó ǒ/

		Akụkụ abụọ	Coronal	Ọkpụkpụ akpịrị<br id="mwPQ"><br><br><br>	Retroflex	Velar	Ọkụ
Ụgbọ imi		m	n
Plosive	Enweghị olu	p	t			k	ʔ
	Nkwupụta	b	d			ɡ
	Ihe E Mere Eme	pʼ	tʼ			kʼ
Africate	Enweghị olu		ts	tʃ	tʂ
	Ihe E Mere Eme		tsʼ	tʃʼ	tʂʼ
Ihe na-esiri ike	Enweghị olu		s	ʃ	ʂ		h
	Nkwupụta		z	ʒ	ʐ
Rhotic			r
Ihe atụ			l	j

Ihe ndị a niile nwekwara ike ịpụt/a/ palatalized, mana naanị tupu /a/, na-atụ aro nyocha ọzọ nke ụdaume nke isii //ja//. A na-akọ na ụdaume lab/i/alized maka [p, b, s, ɡ,] na [ʔ], mana ọnọdụ ụdaume ha edoghị anya; ha na-apụta naanị mgbe /i/ gasịrị.

Maka /p/honeme /p/ mmezu nke [pʰ] na [f] dị n'efu; //j// nwere allophone [w] n'ihu ụdaume azụ.

Ọdịdị mkpụrụedemede bụ (C)V(C)(C) + ụda ma ọ bụ (C" N (C), ebe C na-anọchite anya ụdaume ọ bụla, V ụdaume ọ bụ, N ọ bụla imi, na brackets ihe nhọrọ. CC clus/t/ers /n/were ihe na-aga n'ihu na-esote plosive, fricative, ma ọ bụ affricate; na CCC clusters, ụdaume mbụ ga-abụ otu n/k/e /r/ /j/ /m/ /p/ ma ọ bụ //pʼ//, nke abụọ ma ọ bụ/ ma ọ bụrụ /n/ ma ọ bụghị fricative na-enweghị olu, na nke atọ /t/ ma ọ dị ka /k/.

Asụsụ

Personal pronouns

Bekee	oblique	isiokwu	ebe obibi	vocative
M	[nke a]	[tān]	[Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
gị (sg.)	[ní]	[nēn]	[Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]	[nke a] (m.), [nke a na-akpọ] (f.)
gị (hon.)	[N'ihi na ọ bụ n'oge na-adịghị anya]	[N'ihi na ọ bụ n'oge na-adịghị anya]	[N'ihi na ọ bụ n'oge na-adịghị anya]
ya	[jı̋]	[jīs]	_
ya (hon.)	[ı̋ts]	[ı̋ts]	[ı̋ts]
ya	[wű]	[wūs]	_
ya (hon.)	[ɡēn]	[ɡēn]	[ɡēn]
onwe ya	[Baa]	[bān]	[Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
anyị (ewepu.)	[nke a]	[nūn]	[Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
anyị (gụnyere.)	[N'ihi na ọ bụ n'ihi na]		[Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
gị (pl.)	[jị̀]		[jị̀]
ha	[I̋tsinkʼn̄]	[I̋tsinkʼn̄]	[I̋tsinkʼn̄]