Turu language
Bantu language spoken in Tanzania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Turu or Nyaturu language, Kinyaturu, also known as Rimi Kirimi, is a Bantu language of spoken by the Wanyaturu also known as Arimi of the Singida region of Tanzania. Excluding the Bantu language prefixes Ke- and Ki-, other spellings of the language are Limi and Remi. Dialects of the three Turu tribes are Girwana of the Airwana (Wilwana) in the north, Giahi of the Vahi (Wahi) in the south and west, and Ginyamunyinganyi of the Anyiŋanyi (Wanyinganyi) in the east.
| Turu | |
|---|---|
| Nyaturu | |
| Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Turu |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2006)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rim |
| Glottolog | nyat1246 |
F.32[2] | |
| Tυrυ | |
|---|---|
| Person | Mυnyatυrυ, Mυrιmi |
| People | Wanyatυrυ, Arιmi |
| Language | Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi |
| Country | Unyatυrυ, Urιmi |
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | ||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | mʲ | n | nʷ | ɲ | ɲʷ | ŋ | ŋʷ | |||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃʷ | k | kʷ | kʲ | ||||||||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | dʷ | d͡ʒ | d͡ʒʷ | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||||||||
| prenasal vl. | ᵐp | ᵐpʷ | ᵐpʲ | ⁿt | ⁿtʷ | ⁿtʲ | ᶮt͡ʃ | ᶮt͡ʃʷ | ᵑk | ᵑkʷ | ||||||
| prenasal vd. | ᵐb | ᵐbʷ | ᵐbʲ | ⁿd | ⁿdʷ | ⁿdʲ | ᶮd͡ʒ | ᶮd͡ʒʷ | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡʷ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | ɸʷ | ɸʲ | s | sʷ | sʲ | x | xʷ | h | hʷ | |||||
| voiced | β | βʲ | ɣ | ɣʷ | ʁ | ʁʷ | ||||||||||
| prenasal | ⁿs | ⁿsʷ | ᵑx | ᵑxʷ | ᶰʁ | |||||||||||
| Flap | voiceless | ɾ̥ | ɾ̥ʷ | ɾ̥ʲ | ||||||||||||
| voiced | ɾ | ɾʷ | ɾʲ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | l | lʷ | lʲ | j | jʷ | w | ||||||||||
Vowels
- Short vowel sounds /e, o/ may also be heard as more open [ɛ, ɔ] as allophones.[3]
References
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