Harshen Mbato

Harshen Mbato
Dangin harshen	Harsunan Nijar-Congo Harsunan Atlantic-Congo Harsunan Volta-Congo Harsunan Kwa Nyo (en) Harsunan Potou-Tano Harshen Mbato
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3	gwa
Glottolog	mbat1247

Mbato, wanda aka fi sani da Mbatto, Nghlwa, Potu ko Gwa, yaren Kwa ne da ake magana da shi a Ivory Coast da Ghana . Yana ɗaya daga cikin harsunan Potou guda biyu, tare da Ebrié . Mutanen Mbato suna zama a yankin La Mé na ƙasar Ivory Coast, musamman a ƙaramar hukuma ta Oghlwapo a sashen Alépé.

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Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar
Plosives : fortis, mara murya	p	t	c	k
Plosives: fortis, murya	(b)	d	ɗa [ɟ, dʒ]	g	gb [g͡b]
Plosives: lenis, murya	ɓ¹		ʄ	ɠ	gɓ [g͡ɓ]
Sonorant : lenis	ɓ² [ɓ, m]		j [j, ɲ]		w [w, ŋʷ, ŋ͡m]
Masu saɓo	f/(v)	s/(z)		h [x, h]

Mbato ba shi da sautin wayoyi na hanci, amma wasulan hanci (duba tebur da ke ƙasa) suna sa sonorants [ɓ, l, j, w] su daidaita kuma a ce su [m, n, ɲ, ŋʷ].

Akwai nau'ikan wayoyi guda biyu na bilabial, /ɓ¹/ da /ɓ²/. Na farko ana kiransa da [ɓ] koyaushe, yayin da na biyu kuma ake furta shi [m] a cikin mahallin wasalin hanci.

Sautunan [b, v, z] na gefe ne kuma suna faruwa a cikin kalmomin lamuni kawai.

Wasula

	Baki			Nasal
Kusa	i		ku	ɪ̃	ʊ̃
Tsakar	e [e, ɪ]		ku [o, ʊ]
Bude	e	a	ku	ɛ̃	ɔ̃ [ɔ̃, ã]

Yayin da akwai yuwuwar yaren Proto- Potou yana da tsarin ± ATR, ya ɓace daga Ebrié kuma ya bar burbushi kawai a Mbato.

Mbato yana da tsarin tonal wanda ya ƙunshi sautunan matakin uku.

Nahawu

Sunan Azuzuwa

Sunan ajin prefixes a Mbato yana aiki don bambanta tsakanin wasu wayoyi masu luwadi da tsakanin nau'ikan nau'ikan guda ɗaya da jam'i. Tun asali, da wannan tsarin zai kasance da ƙarfi, kamar yadda ake gani a wasu harsunan Nijar-Congo .

Ƙididdiga masu ƙima guda huɗu sune ó-, à-, ʊ́̃-, da ʊ̃̀-. Na ƙarshe biyun, waɗanda wasulan hanci ne, kuma ana iya gane su azaman hancin syllabic, an rubuta su azaman ɴ́- da ɴ̀-.

Prefix	Kalma	Gloss
ya-	abu	dutse
a-	awɔ	cat
ʊ̃́-, ɴ́-	Ɗau	yam
ʊ̃̀-, ɴ̀-	ʊ̃́mɛ̄	igiya.pl