Mwaghavul language

Mwaghavul
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	150,000 (2016) [1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Angas (A.3) Mwaghavul
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sur
Glottolog	mwag1236

Mwaghavul (also known as Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria and predominantly in Mangu LGA. ^[2]

Mwaghavul's dialects include Takas. ^[3] The Mupun people is a related ethnic group.

Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ		k	( ʔ )
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ		g
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ			h
	voiced	v	z	ʒ		( ɣ )
Nasal		m	n	ɲ		ŋ
Approximant			l		j	w
Trill			r

Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/. ^[4]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Open	e	a	o

References

1. "Mwaghavul". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
2. Mwaghavul language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
3. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
4. "Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page". www.rogerblench.info. Archived from the original on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

Further reading

• Roger Blench, Mwaghavul - English dictionary ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}, unpublished.
• Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.

External links

• Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page - Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info