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Bajuni
Kibajuni
Native toKenya, Somalia
EthnicityBajuni
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologbaju1245
Guthrie codeG.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. Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. Nurse & Hinnebusch classify it as a northern dialect of Swahili.

Consonant Inventory

The consonant inventory is as follows.

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd̪ ⁿdr ⁿɟ ᵑɡ
implosives (ɓ) (ɗ̪) ʄ ɠ
voiceless unaspirated p c k
voiceless aspirated t̪ʰ
Fricative voiced v ð (ɣ)
voiceless f (θ) s ʃ (x) h
Approximant l, (r) j w (ʋ)
Nasals m n ɲ ŋ

Note: represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide.

See also

Notes

  1. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  2. Mwakikagile 2007, p. 102.
  3. Abdullahi 2001, p. 11.
  4. Nurse, Hinnebusch & Philipson 1993.
  5. Nurse, Hinnebusch & Philipson 1993, p. 570.
  6. Nurse, Hinnebusch & Philipson 1993, p. 151.

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