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Gbaya

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: krs

Population	16,000 in Sudan (1987 SIL).
Region	South, western Bahr el Ghazal Province, Kuru, Deim Zubeir, Raga, Angbanga, Kata, Menangba, Boro, Kafia Kingi. Dongo reportedly in south Darfur Province, Hobbinya District, Wau and Khartoum. Most in Raga and Boro. Also in Central African Republic.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Kpala, Kpara, Kparla, Kredj, Kreich, Kreish, Kresh
Dialects	Naka (Kresh-Boro), Gbaya-Ndogo (Kresh-Ndogo), Gbaya-Ngbongbo (Kresh-Hofra), Gbaya-Gboko, Orlo (Woro), Gbaya-Dara, Dongo. 8 tribes and dialects. Gbaya-Ndogo is prestigious and understood by all. Naka is largest and also well understood.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, West, Kresh
Language use	About 4,000 others speak Gbaya as L2. All domains. All ages. Some also use Sudanese Arabic [apd].
Language development	Literacy materials developed and in use.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from the Gbaya languages in the Niger-Congo family. SVO; prepositions; genitives, articles, relatives after noun heads; adjectives before, numerals usually before noun heads; CV, V, CCV (CVC rare); tonal, 5 tones.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ARCHER, Geraldine Mary, author. 2006. The effect of a participatory model in language and literacy development.

BROWN, Richard, author. 1994. "Kresh."

Vernacular Publications

Ádá ãpá ká ádá gäshá glĕshë áshá. 1991.

Dĩ rŏmó gröʼdõ ádá ká lëmë gbäyä. 1981.

Dĩ rŏmó ráŋã gröʼdõ ádá ká lëmë gbäyä. 1991.

Dĩ sála gröʼdõ ádá ká lëmë gbäyä. 1981.

Dĩ sösö gröʼdõ ádá ká lëmë gbäyä. 1982.

Dĩ tötö gröʼdõ ádá ká lëmë gbäyä. 1981.

Klãkã wárãgã ká kũlúbũtũ. 1983.

Klãkã wárãgã ká lëmë gbäyä. 1983.

Kpé gröʼdõ ádá ká lëmë gbäyä. 1981.

Kpéé ráŋã dĩ gröʼdõ ádá ká lëmë gbäyä. 1991.

Kũlubũtũ ká lëmë gbäyä. 1981.

Kũlúbũtũ ká Ozó gĩ ká klõpõ nƗ. 1985.

Kulúbutu ká, ôzô gi ká klopo ne. 1985.