Bajuni dialect
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Bajuni | |
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Kibajuni | |
Native to | Kenya, Somalia |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | baju1245 |
Guthrie code | G.41 [1] |
Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bajuni people who inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands and coastal Kenya, in addition to parts of southern Somalia, where they constitute a minority ethnic group.[2][3] Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993) classify it as a Northern Dialect of Swahili.
Consonant Inventory[]
The consonant inventory is as follows according to Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993:570).[4]
Labial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
Stop | prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd̪ | ⁿdr | ⁿɟ | ᵑɡ | ||
implosives | (ɓ) | (ɗ̪) | ʄ | ɠ | ||||
voiceless unaspirated | p | t̪ | c | k | ||||
voiceless aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | cʰ | kʰ | ||||
Fricative | voiced | v | ð | (ɣ) | ||||
voiceless | f | (θ) | s | ʃ | (x) | h | ||
Approximant | w (ʋ) | l, (r) | j | w (ʋ) | ||||
Nasals | m | n̪ | n | ɲ | ŋ |
Note: [ⁿdr] represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide (Nurse & Hinnebusch 1993: 151).[4]
See also[]
- Bajuni people
Notes[]
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Mwakikagile, p.102.
- ^ Abdullahi, p.11.
- ^ a b Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J.; Philipson, Gérard (1993). Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520097759.
References[]
- Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia. Greenwood. ISBN 9780313313332.
- Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2007). Kenya: identity of a nation. New Africa Press. ISBN 978-0980258790.
http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dnurse/
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