Mwaghavul language

Mwaghavul
Sura
Mupun
Native to Nigeria
Region Plateau State
Native speakers
 150,000 (2016)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sur
Glottolog mwag1236[2]

Mwaghavul (also known as Mupun and Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. Dialects are Mupun and Panyam.[3]

Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language (see).

Phonology

Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.[4]

Consonants
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p t k (ʔ)
voiced b d g
implosive ɓ ɗ
Affricate voiceless t͡ʃ
voiced d͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ h
voiced v z ʒ (ɣ)
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant l j w
Trill r

References

  1. ↑ "Mwaghavul". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mwaghavul". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page". www.rogerblench.info. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

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