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Language indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Seki
Sekiyani
Native toEquatorial Guinea, Gabon
Native speakers12,000 (2001-2007)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3syi
Glottologseki1238
Guthrie codeB.21
ELPSeki

Seki, also Baseke, Sheke or Sekiana, is a language indigenous to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It had been spoken in villages of Rio Campo and Northern Bata, along the coast, but its native speakers have begun abandoning the language for Spanish, Fang, and Kombe. Can be related to Kako spoken in the East region of Cameroon and some parts of the west of Central African Republic.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-alv./
Palatal 		Velar Labio-
velar
Nasal m n ɲ (ŋ)
Plosive/
Affricate 		voiceless p t t͡ʃ k
voiced b d (d͡ʒ) ɡ
prenasal vl. ᵐp ⁿt ⁿt͡ʃ ᵑk
prenasal vd. ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ʒ ᵑɡ ᵑɡ͡b
Fricative voiceless s
voiced β (z)
Rhotic r
Approximant l j w
  • /z, d͡ʒ/ only rarely occur phonemically.
  • /ɡ/ may be lenited as in intervocalic positions.
  • /ᵑɡ/ can be heard as a nasal when in word-final position, or when followed by /l/.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

References

  1. Seki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Ondo-Mébiame, Pierre (1986). Esquisse phonologique et morphologique du seki. Libreville: Université Omar Bongo.
  4. Echegaray, Carlos González (1952). La clasificación nominal en el baseque. Archivos del Instituto de Estudios Africanos, v. 6, no. 20-23. pp. 73–92.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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