| Ganza | |
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| غانزا (Ganzo) | |
| Native to | Sudan, Ethiopia |
| Region | Asosa ZoneofBenishangul-Gumuz Region, Blue Nile State |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gza |
| Glottolog | ganz1246 |
| ELP | Ganza |
Ganza, also known as Ganzo or Koma, is an Omotic language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in the Al Kurumik District of the Blue Nile (state)inSudan and in the western Benishangul-Gumuz regionofEthiopia, specifically in the village districts of Penishuba and Yabeldigis.
It also goes by the names Ganzo, Gwami, Koma, and Koma-Ganza.[1]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ʔ̃ | ||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | h | ||
| ejective | sʼ | |||||
| voiced | z | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
Ganza does not utilize consonant length phonemically.[2]: 106
| Front | Back | |
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| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
Although vowel length is typically contrastive in Omotic languages, Ganza does not have a clear contrast between long and short vowel phonemes. Instead, Ganza has predictable utterance-final vowel lengthening and a set of monosyllabic words with double vowels.[2]: 109
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