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Bajuni dialect

{{Short description|Variety of Swahili}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Bajuni

|nativename=Kibajuni

|states=Kenya, Somalia

|ethnicity=Bajuni

|speakers=?

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Northeast Coast Bantu

|fam7=Sabaki

|fam8=Swahili

|isoexception=dialect

|glotto=baju1245

|glottorefname=Bajuni

|guthrie=G.41

}}

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.{{sfn|Mwakikagile|2007|p=102}}{{sfn|Abdullahi|2001|p=11}} Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. Nurse & Hinnebusch classify it as a northern dialect of Swahili.{{sfn|Nurse|Hinnebusch|Philipson|1993}}{{page needed|date=April 2024}}

Consonant Inventory

The consonant inventory is as follows.{{sfn|Nurse|Hinnebusch|Philipson|1993|p=570}}

class="wikitable"

!colspan="2"| !! Labial !! Dental !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal

rowspan="4" |Stop

!prenasalized

|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿd̪}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿdr}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿɟ}}

|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}

|

implosives

|({{IPA link|ɓ}})

|({{IPA link|ɗ̪}})

|

|{{IPA link|ʄ}}

|{{IPA link|ɠ}}

|

voiceless unaspirated

|{{IPA link|p}}

|{{IPA link|t̪}}

|

|{{IPA link|c}}

|{{IPA link|k}}

|

voiceless aspirated

|{{IPA link|pʰ}}

|{{IPA link|t̪ʰ}}

|

|{{IPA link|cʰ}}

|{{IPA link|kʰ}}

|

rowspan="2" |Fricative

!voiced

|{{IPA link|v}}

|{{IPA link|ð}}

|

|

|({{IPA link|ɣ}})

|

voiceless

|{{IPA link|f}}

|({{IPA link|θ}})

|{{IPA link|s}}

|{{IPA link|ʃ}}

|({{IPA link|x}})

|{{IPA link|h}}

colspan="2" |Approximant

|

|

|{{IPA link|l}}, ({{IPA link|r}})

|{{IPA link|j}}

|{{IPA link|w}} ({{IPA link|ʋ}})

|

colspan="2" |Nasals

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n̪}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

|

Note: {{IPA|[ⁿdr]}} represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide.{{sfn|Nurse|Hinnebusch|Philipson|1993|p=151}}

See also

Notes

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References

  • {{Cite book |last=Abdullahi |first=Mohamed Diriye |url=https://archive.org/details/culturecustomsof00diri |title=Culture and customs of Somalia |publisher=Greenwood |year=2001 |isbn=9780313313332 |url-access=registration}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Mwakikagile |first=Godfrey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lsqjN-t6mP4C |title=Kenya: identity of a nation |publisher=New Africa Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0980258790}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Nurse |first=Derek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qa4wDwAAQBAJ&q=nurse+hinnebusch+swahili&pg=PR19 |title=Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History |last2=Hinnebusch |first2=Thomas J. |last3=Philipson |first3=Gérard |date=1993 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=9780520097759 |language=en}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dnurse/ |title=Derek Nurse |publisher=Memorial University of Newfoundland}}

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