Mumuye language

Mumuye
Yoro
Region northeastern Nigeria
Ethnicity Mumuye people
Native speakers
 400,000 (1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mzm
Glottolog nucl1240[2]

Mumuye is the most important of the Adamawa languages. It is classified in the Leko–Nimbari branch of Savanna languages, as Adamawa is no longer considered a valid family. According to Ethnologue, there are multiple dialects: Zinna, Dong, Yoro, Lankaviri, Gola (Bajama), Gongla, Kasaa, Saawa, Jalingo, Nyaaja, Jeng, Gnoore, Yaa, Sagbee, Shaari, Kugong, Mang, Kwaji, Meeka, Yakoko.

Phonology

The Mumuye dialect of the town of Zing has the following inventory:

Zing Mumuye consonants[3]
lab. cor. pal. vel. lab.–vel.
nasal m n ɲ ŋ (m͡ŋ)
stop p b t d k ɡ k͡p ɡ͡b
prestopped nasal pᵐ bᵐ tⁿ dⁿ kᵑ ɡᵑ k͡pᵐ͡ᵑ ɡ͡bᵐ͡ᵑ
fricative f v s z ʃ ʒ (?)
nasalized fricative f̃ ṽ s̃ z̃ ʃ̃ ʒ̃
sonorant r j w
nasalized sonorant r̃ (j̃) w̃

References

  1. ↑ Mumuye at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nuclear Mumuye". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Shimizu (1983) and Steriade (1993), cited in Kehrein (2002) Phonological Representation and Phonetic Phasing


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