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Bura language

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Native to
  
Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
bwr

Native speakers
  
(250,000 cited 1987)

Glottolog
  
bura1292

Region
  
Borno State, Adamawa State

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bura–Higi Bura languages (A.2) Bura

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.

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.

References

Bura language Wikipedia


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