title: Baka language (South Sudan)
text: # Baka language (South Sudan)
  
  Baka (Tara Baka) is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan, with the majority living in an area centered on Maridi, South Sudan, but also a couple thousand speakers in the DRC. It has consonants with trilled release such as /dr/ and /ɡ͡bʙ/.
  
  A 2013 survey reported that the Baka were the largest ethnic group in Maridi County, South Sudan. They also live in Baka Boma, Tore Payam, Yei County, South Sudan.
  
  ## Phonology
  
  ### Consonants
  
  | | Labial | Alveolar | Alveopalatal | Velar | Labiovelar |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Stop: | | | | | |
  | Voiceless | p | t | c | k | kp |
  | Voiced | b | d | | g | gb |
  | Prenasalized | mb | nd | | ŋg | ŋmgb |
  | Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | 'y | | |
  | Nasal: | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
  | Trill: | | | | | |
  | Voiceless | | | tr | | kʙ̥ |
  | Voiced | ʙ | | dr | | gʙ |
  | Prenasalized | | | ndr | | ŋmgʙ |
  | Fricative: | | | | | |
  | Voiceless | f | s | | | |
  | Voiced | v | z | | | |
  | Prenasalized | nv | nz | | | |
  | Flap: | ⱱ̟ | r | ř | | |
  | Lateral: | | l | | | |
  | Semivowel: | w | | y | | |
  
  ### Vowels
  
  (-ATR) :
  
  | | Front | Central | Back |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | High | ʟ | | ʊ |
  | Low | ɞ | a | ɔ |
  
  Neutral vowel: ɨ
  
  (+ATR) :
  
  | | Front | Central | Back |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | High | i | | u |
  | Low | e | ə | o |
  