Berba language

Biali, also known as Berba, Biali or Bieri, is a Gur language of Benin. There are also a thousand or so speakers in Burkina Faso, where they are believed to have originated.

Biali
Bieri
Berba
Native toBenin
Native speakers
100,000 (2002)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3beh
Glottologbial1238

Writing system

Alphabet[2][3]
uppercase ABCDE ƏFGHI KLMNO PRSTU WY
lowercase abcde əfghi klmno prstu wy

The acute accent on the vowel á é ə́ í ó ú is used to indicate high tone when there is ambiguity.

References

  1. Biali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. LaPere & Gnarigo 2012, p. 6.



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