Region Nigeria ISO 639-3 grd | Native speakers 15,000 (1993) Glottolog guru1271 | |
Language family Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
West
Barawa (B.3)
Guruntum languages
Guruntum | ||
Guruntum is a Chadic language spoken in Bauchi and Alkaleri LGAs, Bauchi State, Nigeria. In 1993 it was spoken by about 15,000 people.
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Classification
Guruntum is a West Chadic language of the Barawa (B.3) group.
Major dialects include Kuuku, Gayar, Mbaaru, Dooka, Gar and Karakara.
Vowels
Guruntum contrasts long and short forms for all vowels except for /ɨ/. In addition, two nasalized vowel phonemes exist: /ũː/ /ãː/.
There are two diphthongs, /ai/ and /au/.
Consonants
/r/ is realized as a flap intervocalically before back vowels; elsewhere it is a trill.
Tone
Guruntum has four tones: high, low, rising (low-high) and falling (high-low).
References
Guruntum language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA