Southern Birifor language

Southern Birifor
Birfoɔr
Native to	Ghana, Ivory Coast
Ethnicity	Birifor
Native speakers	190,000 (2017)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Moré–Dagbani Moré Dagaare–Birifor Birifor Southern Birifor
Writing system	Latin (Southern Birifor alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	biv
Glottolog	sout2790

Southern Birifor is a Gur language of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by about 200,000 people, mainly in Ghana, particularly in Upper West and Northern regions, with perhaps ten thousand in Zanzan district of Ivory Coast.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː ĩ ĩː		u uː ũ ũː
Near-close	ɪ ɪː ɪ̃ ɪ̃ː		ʊ ʊː ʊ̃ ʊ̃ː
Close-mid	e eː ẽ ẽː		o oː õ õː
Open-mid	ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː		ɔ ɔː ɔ̃ ɔ̃ː
Open		a aː ã ãː

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	c	k	k͡p
	voiced	b	d	ɟ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
	voiced	v
Nasal	plain	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋ͡m
Approximant	plain		l	j		w
	glottal		ˀl	ˀj		ˀw
Trill			r

Orthography

It is written in this alphabet:

Majuscules
A	Ã	B	C	D	E	Ẽ	Ɛ	Ɛ̃	F	G	Gb	H	I	Ĩ	Ɩ	Ɩ̃	J	K	Kp	L	ʹL	M	N	Ny	Ŋ	Ŋm	O	Õ	Ɔ	Ɔ̃	P	R	S	T	U	Ũ	Ʋ	Ʋ̃	V	W	ʹW	Y	ʹY
Minuscules
a	ã	b	c	d	e	ẽ	ɛ	ɛ̃	f	g	gb	h	i	ĩ	ɩ	ɩ̃	j	k	kp	l	ʹl	m	n	ny	ŋ	ŋm	o	õ	ɔ	ɔ̃	p	r	s	t	u	ũ	ʋ	ʋ̃	v	w	ʹw	y	ʹy
Phonetic value
a	ã	b	c	d	e	ẽ	ɛ	ɛ̃	f	ɡ	ɡ͡b	h	i	ĩ	ɪ	ɪ̃	ɟ	k	k͡p	l	ˀl	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋ͡m	o	õ	ɔ	ɔ̃	p	r	s	t	u	ũ	ʊ	ʊ̃	v	w	ˀw	j	ˀj

Long vowels are written double.