Bura language
Bura-Pabir (also known as Bura, Burra, Bourrah, Pabir, Babir, Babur, Barburr, Mya Bura, Kwojeffa, Huve, Huviya) is a Chadic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects are Pela, Bura Pela, Hill Bura, Hyil Hawul, Bura Hyilhawul, and Plain Bura.[1]
| Bura | |
|---|---|
| Bura-Pabir | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Borno State, Adamawa State |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 1987)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bwr |
| Glottolog | bura1292[2] |
| Linguasphere | 18-GBB-d (-da -db -dc) |
Bura has been reported to contrast a voiceless palatal lateral fricative, [] (ʎ̥˔), which is quite rare. There are thus five laterals in Bura: [l ʎ ɬ ɮ ], though [] can be analyzed as a palatalized fricative, /ɬʲ/. Apart from this, its inventory is much like the very complex system of Margi.
See also
Notes
- Bura at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bura-Pabir". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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