Dzuma language

Dzuma
Dzùmáá
Pronunciation	[ˈd͡zùmáá]
Native to	Bomakwodor Afa
Ethnicity	Dzuma
Native speakers	xxx xxx
Language family	language isolate
Dialects	Akpaleh Gaanin Afa-Gaanin
Writing system	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.

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

Tones

Dzuma has five tones: low <à>, middle <a>, high <á>, rising <àá>, and falling <áà>.