Dzuma language
Dzuma | |
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Dzùmáá | |
Pronunciation | [ˈd͡zùmáá] |
Native to | Bomakwodor Afa |
Ethnicity | Dzuma |
Native speakers | xxx xxx |
Dialects |
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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 | Palatal | Velar | ||||
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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 |
Front | Back | |||
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normal | nasalized | normal | nasalized | |
Close | i | ĩ | u | ũ |
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɛ̃ | ɔ | õ |
Open | a | ã |