| Mwaghavul | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Plateau State |
| Native speakers | 150,000 (2016) |
| Language family | 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.
Dialects include Mupun and Takas.
Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.
Phonology
| 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/.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open | e | a | o |
References
- "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
- Roger Blench, Mwaghavul - English dictionary, unpublished.
- Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
External links
- Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page - Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info
| Languages of Nigeria | |
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| Official languages | |
| National languages | |
| Recognised languages | |
| Indigenous languages | |
| Sign languages | |
| Immigrant languages | |
| Scripts | |
| West Chadic languages | |||||||
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| Hausa– Gwandara (A.1) | |||||||
| Bole– Tangale (A.2) |
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| Angas (A.3) | |||||||
| Ron (A.4) | |||||||
| Bade (B.1) | |||||||
| North Bauchi (Warji) (B.2) | |||||||
| South Bauchi (Barawa) (B.3) |
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| Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages | |||||||
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