Mwaghavul language (original) (raw)
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Afro-Asiatic language
| Mwaghavul | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
| Native speakers | 150,000 (2016)[1] |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic ChadicWest ChadicBole–AngasAngas (A.3)Mwaghavul |
| 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.
Consonants
| | Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 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]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | e | a | o |
- ^ "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.
- Roger Blench, Mwaghavul - English dictionary[_permanent dead link_], unpublished.
- Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
- Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page - Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info