Wamey
| Wamey | |
|---|---|
| Konyagi | |
| Native to | Guinea, Senegal |
Native speakers | 38,000 (2014-2015)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cou |
| Glottolog | wame1240 |
| ELP | Wamey |
  Location within Africa | |
| Coordinates: 12°33′N 13°11′W / 12.550°N 13.183°W | |
Wamey ([wæ-meỹ],[2] Meyny), or Konyagi (Conhague, Coniagui, Koniagui), is a Senegambian language of Senegal and Guinea spoken by the Konyagui people.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labial | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋʷ | |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | kʷ |
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | gʷ | |
| vl. prenasal. | ᵐp | ⁿt | ᶮc | ᵑk | ᵑkʷ | |
| vd. prenasal. | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᶮɟ | ᵑg | ||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | s | x | xʷ | |
| voiced | β | |||||
| Approximant | oral | l | j | w | ||
| nasalized | l̃ | j̃ | w̃ | |||
| Trill | r r̠̙ | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| (Open)-Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
| Open | æ | a |
References
- ↑ "Wamey". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ↑ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
- 1 2 Santos, R. (1977). Phonologie et Morphotonologie de la Langue Wey (Konyagi). Les Langues Africaines au Senegal. Vol. 69. Dakar: Centre de Linguistique Appliquée de Dakar.