Jarawa | |
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Region | northern Nigeria, near Bauchi |
Native speakers | 250,000 (dialects with ISO codes) (2006–2011) [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: jjr – Zhár (Bankal) dbm – Zugur (Duguri) bau – Mbat (Bada) jgk – Gwak (Gingwak) |
Glottolog | jara1263 |
Jarawa (also known as Jhar, or in Hausa: Jaranci) is the most populous of the Bantu languages of northern Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster consisting of many varieties.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ( ʔ ) | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||
Affricate | voiceless | k͡x | ||||
voiced | d͡ʒ | ɡ͡ɣ | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | ||
voiced | ( β ) | z | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Rhotic | r | |||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
Mid | ( ɛ ) | ə | ( ɔ ) |
Open | a |
Jarawa dialects are:
Kantana may be a distinct language.
Blench (2019) lists these varieties as dialects of Jar (Jarawa). [3]
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