It is reported that Mbay does not have independent personal pronouns. The meaning is largely carried out by subject, object, and possessive affixes attached to verbs, prepositions, and nouns. Other words, such as yá̰a̰ "thing", dèē "person", tàa "speech", and lòo "place" are used somewhat pronominally as something, somebody, something said, and somewhere.[2]
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The Sara-Bagirmi Language Project -- Mbay
^Mbay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Keegan, John M. 1997. A Reference Grammar of Mbay. Munich: Lincom Europa. Cited in Bhat, D.N.S. 2004. Pronouns. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 26
mbay, language, mbay, sara, mbay, bongo, bagirmi, language, chad, central, african, republic, mbaysara, mbaynative, tochad, central, african, republicnative, speakers, cited, 1990, 1996, language, familynilo, saharan, central, sudanicbongo, bagirmisara, langua. Mbay or Sara Mbay is a Bongo Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic MbaySara MbayNative toChad Central African RepublicNative speakers 90 000 cited 1990 1996 1 Language familyNilo Saharan Central SudanicBongo BagirmiSara languagesEastMbayLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code myb class extiw title iso639 3 myb myb a Glottologmbay1241It is reported that Mbay does not have independent personal pronouns The meaning is largely carried out by subject object and possessive affixes attached to verbs prepositions and nouns Other words such as ya a thing dee person taa speech and loo place are used somewhat pronominally as something somebody something said and somewhere 2 References editThe Sara Bagirmi Language Project Mbay Mbay at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Keegan John M 1997 A Reference Grammar of Mbay Munich Lincom Europa Cited in Bhat D N S 2004 Pronouns Oxford Oxford University Press p 26 This Nilo Saharan languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mbay language amp oldid 1059179660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
