Berta language

Berta language

asụsụ, modern language

obere ụdị nke	Asụsụ Naịl na Sahara
mba/obodo	Ethiopia, Sudan
ụmụ amaala ka	Benishangul-Gumuz Region, River Nile
dị na ngalaba nhazi mpaghara	Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Blue Nile
ụdị asụsụ	subject–verb–object, ergative–absolutive language
usoro ederede	Latin alphabet, Latin script
Ọkwa asụsụ Ethnologue	4 Educational

 

Asụsụ Berta n'onwe ya, nke a na-akpọ kwa Gebeto, bụ nke ndị Berta (nke a na-akpọkwa Bertha, Barta, Burta) na Sudan na Ethiopia na-asụ.

Asụsụ Berta atọ, Gebeto, Fadashi na Undu, a na-ewerekarị ha dị ka olumba nke otu asụsụ. Berta n'onwe ya gụnyere olumba Bake, Dabuso, Gebeto, Mayu, na Shuru; aha olumba Gebeto nwere ike ịgbasa na Berta niile.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Mkpụrụ okwu

		Ọnụ	Ezé ezé	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Ọkụ
Kwụsị	voiced	b		d	ɟ	g
	ejective	pʼ		tʼ	(cʼ)	kʼʼ	(ʔ)
	implosive			ka
Ihe na-esiri ike	voiceless	f	θ	s	ʃ		h
	ejective			sʼʼ
Ụgbọ imi		m		n	(ɲ)	ŋ
Rhotic				r
Akụkụ				l
Ihe atụ					j	w

• Enwekwara ike ịnụ ụda olu /b, d, ɡ/ dị ka ụda olu [p, t, k] na ọdịiche n'efu, okwu-na mbụ ma ọ bụ okwu-n'ikpeazụ.
• A glottal stop [ʔ] nke a na-emekarị n'etiti ụdaume, a pụkwara ịnụ ya tupu ụdaume mmalite okwu.
• nwekwara iku nkwụsị imi nwere ike ịpụta morpheme-na mbido dị ka [mb, nd, ŋɡ,表演ʼ].
• A na-anụ /ŋ/ dị ka [ɲ] mgbe ọ na-esote ụdaume n'ihu /i/ ma ọ bụ /e/.
• A na-anụ /kʼ/ dị ka [cʼ] mgbe ọ na-esote ụdaume ihu.
• /ɡ/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka ụda olu [ɟ] ma ọ bụ dị ka ụdaolu na-enweghị ụda [c] mgbe ọ na-ebute ụdaume n'ihu.
• /h/ na ọnọdụ ikpeazụ okwu nwere ike ịnụ dị ka fricative [x].
• /s, θ/ nwere ike mgbe ụfọdụ dị ka ụda olu [z, ð] na ụda olu ma ọ bụ imi.

Mkpụrụedemede

	N'ihu	Central	Nlaghachi
N'akụkụ	i iː		u uː
N'etiti	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Emeghe		a aː

• Ọ bụrụ na ụdaume na-adịghị emechi emechi, /ɛ/ ma ọ bụ /ɔ/, dị n'akụkụ ụdaume mechiri emechi dị ka /i/ ma ọ dị ka /u/ n'ime ụdaume, a na-anụ ha dị ka ndị mechiri emechiri emechi [e, o].

Phoneme	Allophone
/i/	[i], [ɨ~] [ɨ], [ɪ]
/a/	[a], [ə], [æ], [ɜ], [ɐ]
/u/	[u], [ʉ], [ʊ]