Senara language

^[Note: Syenara (and incoming links from alternate spellings and the ISO code) should probably be merged with Sucite language rather than with Senara, per Hammarström (2015)]

Senara
Senari
Native to	Burkina Faso
Native speakers	(210,000 cited 1995–2010)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senufo Senari Senara
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: seq – Senara shz – Syenara (duplicate code)
Glottolog	sena1262 syen1235  bookkeeping; bibliography

Senara (Niangolo), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a Senufo language of Burkina Faso and Mali.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants[2]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial-velar	Glottal
Plosive/Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k	kp	ʔ
	voiced	b	d	dʒ	g	gb
Nasal		m
Fricative	voiceless	f	s
	voiced	v	z
Approximant			l	j		w

Vowels

Oral vowels[2]

		Front	Back
Close	short	i	u
	long	iː	uː
Close-mid	short	e	o
	long	eː	oː
Open-mid	short	ɛ	ɔ
	long	ɛː	ɔː
Open	short	a
	long	aː

Nasal vowels[2]

		Front	Back
Close	short	ĩ	ũ
	long	ĩː	ũː
Close-mid	short	ẽ	õ
	long	ẽː	õː
Open-mid	short	ɛ̃	ɔ̃
	long	ɛ̃ː	ɔ̃ː
Open	short	ã
	long	ãː

Tone

Senara has low, rising, and high tones.[2]

Writing system

Syenara[3] alphabet (Mali, 1982)
A	B	C	D	E	Ɛ	F	G	GB	H	I	J	K	KP	L	M	N	Ɲ	Ŋ	O	Ɔ	P	R	S	SH	T	U	V	W	Y	Z	ZH
a	b	c	d	e	ɛ	f	g	gb	h	i	j	k	kp	l	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	o	ɔ	p	r	s	sh	t	u	v	w	y	z	zh

References

1. Senara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Syenara (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Senara Sénoufo sound inventory (AA)". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Syenara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.