Bajuni
Kibajuni
Native toKenya, Somalia
EthnicityBajuni people
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologbaju1245
G.41[1]

Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a Bantu language related to 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]

LabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Stop prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd̪ ⁿdr ⁿɟ ᵑɡ
implosives (ɓ) (ɗ̪) ʄ ɠ
voiceless unaspirated p c k
voiceless aspirated t̪ʰ
Fricative voiced v ð (ɣ)
voiceless f (θ) s ʃ (x) h
Approximant l, (r) j w (ʋ)
Nasals m n ɲ ŋ

Note: [ⁿdr] represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide (Nurse & Hinnebusch 1993: 151).[4]

See also

Notes

  1. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  2. Mwakikagile, p.102.
  3. Abdullahi, p.11.
  4. 1 2 Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J.; Philipson, Gérard (1993). Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520097759.

References

http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dnurse/

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