Nyamu language
| Nyamu | |
|---|---|
| Nyamu | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈɲamu] |
| Native to | Khobeh |
| Ethnicity | Nyamu |
Native speakers | xxx xxx |
Juru
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| xxx | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Khobeh |
Nyamu (/ˈɲámú/) is a Juru language native to the Nyamu people of eastern Nkungu, and one of the official languages of Khobeh. While majority of Nyamu speakers are of Nyamu ethnicity, most populations of Hlong, Gara, and Nganka people, among others, also speak Nyamu as a second language. Out of the Juru languages, Nyamu is most closely related to the Hlong language spoken in northern Khobeh. Being the widest spoken Juru language, it is used as a lingua franca within the eastern Nkungu area.
History
Varieties
Current status and importance
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Plosive | normal | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
| voiced | b | d | g | ||||
| prenasalized | voiceless | ᵐp | ⁿt | ᵑk | |||
| voiced | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑg | ||||
| Fricative | normal | voiceless | f | s | ɕ | x | |
| voiced | v | z | ʑ | ||||
| prenasalized | voiceless | ⁿs | |||||
| voiced | ⁿz | ||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | t͡ɕ | ||||
| voiced | dz | d͡ʑ | |||||
| Tap | r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||