Alumu language
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| Alumu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Nassarawa State |
|
Native speakers
|
unknown (7,000 cited 1999)[1] |
| Dialects |
Akpondu
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aab |
| Glottolog | alum1251[2] |
Alumu is a Niger–Congo language spoken by approximately 7000 people in Nassarawa State, Nigeria. It has lost the nominal affix system characteristic of the Niger–Congo family.
Two varieties, Alumu and Tesu, differ only in intonation.[1] Akpondu is more divergent.
Sound system
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labialized palatal |
Velar | Labialized velar |
Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | p b | t d | tʃ dʒ | k ɡ | kp ɡb | ||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | ʃ ʒ | x | h | ||
| Approximant | l | j | ɥ | w | |||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Trill | r |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-Close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Close-Mid | e | o | |
| Open-Mid | ɛ | ə | ɔ |
| Open | a |
It is unclear whether or not vowel nasality is phonemic in Alumu.[5]
