Biali_language

Berba language

Berba language

Gur language spoken in Benin

Not to be confused with Bariba language.

Berba, also known as Biali, Bieri, Bjeri, Bjerbe or Bialaba, is a Gur language of Benin. There are also a thousand or so speakers in the Kompienga Province of Burkina Faso, where they are believed to have originated;in the Savanes Region of Togo, and in Kwara State in Nigeria.[citation needed]

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

References

  1. [1]
    Berba at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    • "Miyobe written with Latin script: Symbols & Characters". ScriptSource.org.



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