Mwaghavul language
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Mwaghavul | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2016)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sur |
Glottolog | mwag1236 |
Mwaghavul (also known as Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria and predominantly in Mangu LGA.[2]
Dialects include Mupun and Takas.[3]
Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.
Phonology
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | (ʔ) | |
voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | |||
implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | ||
voiced | v | z | ʒ | (ɣ) | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
Trill | r |
Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.[4]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u |
Open | e | a | o |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mwaghavul". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
- ^ Mwaghavul language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ "Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page". www.rogerblench.info. Archived from the original on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
Further reading
[edit]- Roger Blench, Mwaghavul - English dictionary[permanent dead link], unpublished.
- Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
External links
[edit]- Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page - Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info