Dzuma language

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Dzuma
Dzùmáá
Pronunciation[ˈd͡zùmáá]
Native toBomakwodor
Afa
EthnicityDzuma
Native speakers
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Dialects
  • Akpaleh
    Gaanin
    Afa-Gaanin
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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

Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar
plain labial
Nasal m
Plosive normal voiceless
voiced
prenasalized voiceless
voiced
Fricative normal voiceless
voiced
prenasalized voiceless
voiced
Affricate normal voiceless
voiced
prenasalized voiceless
voiced
Approximant
Lateral

fricative

Tap

Morphology

Nouns

Verbs

Pronouns

Vocabulary