Bajuni dialect

Bajuni
Kibajuni
Native to	Kenya, Somalia
Ethnicity	Bajuni
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili Bajuni
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	baju1245
Guthrie code	G.41 [1]

Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a Bantu language related to Swahili spoken by the Bajuni people who inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands and coastal Kenya, in addition to parts of southern Somalia, where they constitute a minority ethnic group. ^{[2] [3]} Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. Nurse & Hinnebusch classify it as a northern dialect of Swahili. ^{[4] [ page needed ]}

Consonant Inventory

The consonant inventory is as follows. ^[5]

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd̪	ⁿdr	ⁿɟ	ᵑɡ
	implosives	( ɓ )	( ɗ̪ )		ʄ	ɠ
	voiceless unaspirated	p	t̪		c	k
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ	t̪ʰ		cʰ	kʰ
Fricative	voiced	v	ð			( ɣ )
	voiceless	f	( θ )	s	ʃ	( x )	h
Approximant				l , ( r )	j	w ( ʋ )
Nasals		m	n̪	n	ɲ	ŋ

Note: [ⁿdr] represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide. ^[6]

See also

• Bajuni people

Notes

1. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
2. Mwakikagile 2007, p. 102.
3. Abdullahi 2001, p. 11.
4. Nurse, Hinnebusch & Philipson 1993.
5. Nurse, Hinnebusch & Philipson 1993, p. 570.
6. Nurse, Hinnebusch & Philipson 1993, p. 151.

References

• Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia . Greenwood. ISBN   9780313313332.
• Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2007). Kenya: identity of a nation. New Africa Press. ISBN   978-0980258790.
• Nurse, Derek; Hinnebusch, Thomas J.; Philipson, Gérard (1993). Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History. Univ of California Press. ISBN   9780520097759.
• "Derek Nurse". Memorial University of Newfoundland.^{[ permanent dead link ]}