Mwaghavul_language

Mwaghavul language

Mwaghavul language

Afro-Asiatic language

Mwaghavul (also known as Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria and predominantly in Mangu LGA.[2]

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Dialects include Mupun and Takas.[3]

Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.

Phonology

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.[4]

More information Front, Central ...

References

  1. [1]
    "Mwaghavul". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. [2]
    Mwaghavul language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. [3]
    Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. [4]
    "Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page". www.rogerblench.info. Archived from the original on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

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