Английская Википедия:Alumu language

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Alumu is a Plateau language spoken by approximately 7,000 people in Nassarawa State, Nigeria. It has lost the nominal affix system characteristic of the Niger–Congo family.

Dialects

Two varieties, Alumu and Tesu, differ only in intonation.[1] Information for Alumu and Tesu is listed from Blench (2004).[2]

Alumu (or Arum), with 4,000 speakers, is spoken in the settlements of Arum-Kado (main settlement), Arum-Tsabo, Arum-Sarki, Arum-Tumara, Arum-Chugbu, Arum-Kurmi (Gbira), and Arum-Chine.

Tesu (Təsu) (Hausa: Chessu[3]), with just under 2,000 speakers, is spoken in the two villages of Chessu Sarki and Chessu Madaki, which are about one kilometre apart from each other on the Wamba - Fadan Karshi road.

Akpondu is also closely related (also Babur, Nisam and Nigbo) but moribund or extinct, and its classification as a separate language or as a shifting dialect or sociological group of related dialects is not clear.[4]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes[5]
  Labial Alveolar Palatal Labialized
palatal
Velar Labialized
velar
Glottal
Nasal Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Plosive Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Implosive Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Fricative Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Approximant Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Tap Шаблон:IPA
Trill Шаблон:IPA
Vowel phonemes[6]
  Front Central Back
Close Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Near-Close Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Close-Mid Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Open-Mid Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA Шаблон:IPA
Open Шаблон:IPA

It is unclear whether or not vowel nasality is phonemic in Alumu.[7]

References

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  2. Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria.
  3. Blench, Roger. 2010. The Təsu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities.
  4. Blench, Roger, 2005. Akpondu, Nigbo, Bəbər and Nisam: Moribund or Extinct Languages of Central Nigeria, manuscript, 16 November 2005. 4pp.
  5. Roger Blench (2012:6)
  6. Roger Blench: The Təsu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities. (2012:5).
  7. Roger Blench (2012:5)

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