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Revision as of 22:37, 13 August 2022

Dzuma
Dzùmáá
Pronunciation[ˈd͡zùmáá]
Native toBomakwodor
Afa
EthnicityDzuma
Native speakers
xxx
xxx
Dialects
  • Akpaleh
    Gaanin
    Afa-Gaanin
xxx
Official status
Official language in
Bomakwodor

Dzuma (Dzùmáá [ˈd͡zùmá]) is a language isolate native to the Dzuma people of southern Nkungu, and the official language of Bomakwodor. The language is also spoken by Dzuma minorities in southern Afa.

History

Varieties

Current status and importance

Phonology

Dzuma consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
plain labial
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive normal voiceless p t c k k͡p
voiced b d ɟ g ɡ͡b
prenasalized voiceless ᵐp ⁿt ᶮc ᵑk ᵑk͡p
voiced ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑg ᵑɡ͡b
Fricative normal voiceless f s ç x
voiced β z ɣ
prenasalized voiceless ᶬf ⁿs ᶮç ᵑx
voiced ᶬv ⁿz
Affricate normal voiceless t͡s ᶮcç
voiced d͡z ᶮɟʝ
prenasalized voiceless ⁿt͡s
voiced ⁿd͡z
Approximant w l j
Lateral fricative voiceless ɬ
voiced ɮ
Tap ɾ
Dzuma vowels
Front Back
normal nasalized normal nasalized
Close i ĩ u ũ
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɛ̃ ɔ õ
Open a ã

Morphology

Nouns

Verbs

Pronouns

Vocabulary