Bura language
Bura | |
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Bura-Pabir | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Borno State, Adamawa State |
Native speakers
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unknown (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-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.
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Notes
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