Bura language

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Bura
Bura-Pabir
Native to Nigeria
Region Borno State, Adamawa State
Native speakers
unknown (250,000 cited 1987)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bwr
Glottolog bura1292[2]
Linguasphere 18-GBB-d (-da -db -dc)

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 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bura at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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