Gbeya language

Gbeya
Gbeya
Native to	Central African Republic
Native speakers	(ca. 250,000 cited 1996–2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Savannas Gbaya Western Bokoto–Bozom Gbeya; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; gbp – Gbaya-Bossangoa; sqm – Suma
Glottolog	gbey1244; dekk1240

Gbeya (Gbɛ́yá, Gbaya-Bossangoa) is a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue reports it may be mutually intelligible with Bozom.^[2]

Suma (Súmā) is a language variety closely related to Gbeya.^[3]

^ Gbaya-Bossangoa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Suma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Samarin, William J. (1966). The Gbeya language: Grammar, texts, and vocabularies (PDF). ASIN B000S2UYWE. hdl:1807/67174. OCLC 897343. Book reviewed in both Courtenay, Karen (1 January 1968). "Review of The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies". Language. 44 (2): 420–423. doi:10.2307/411642. hdl:1807/67174. JSTOR 411642, and Crabb, David W. (1969). "The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies . William J. Samarin". American Anthropologist. 71 (2): 365–366. doi:10.1525/aa.1969.71.2.02a00600.
^ Suma materials from Raymond Boyd

[e25-1] Gbaya-Bossangoa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Suma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[samarin-2] Samarin, William J. (1966). The Gbeya language: Grammar, texts, and vocabularies (PDF). ASIN B000S2UYWE. hdl:1807/67174. OCLC 897343. Book reviewed in both Courtenay, Karen (1 January 1968). "Review of The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies". Language. 44 (2): 420–423. doi:10.2307/411642. hdl:1807/67174. JSTOR 411642, and Crabb, David W. (1969). "The Gbeya Language: Grammar, Texts, and Vocabularies . William J. Samarin". American Anthropologist. 71 (2): 365–366. doi:10.1525/aa.1969.71.2.02a00600.

[3] Suma materials from Raymond Boyd

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