Aspects Of BÀnsÁrÀ Phonology

INTRODUCTION1.1 General IntroductionThis study discusses the phonology of Bànsárà language, a language spoken in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross-River state, Nigeria.Phonology is that branch of linguistics that studies the organization of speech sounds in human language. It is the component of grammar that accounts for the general pattern or structure of sounds, and the way sounds relate to one another in normal speech.In human language, sounds (consonants, vowels and suprasegments) enter into different relationships that produce meaning. For instance, some combinations of sounds are a…