Sukur language

Sukur Adamawa Nigeria

Sukur Adamawa Nigeria

Sukur (Adikimmu Sukur, Gemasakun, Sakul, Sugur, Sakun) is a Biu–Mandara language of Madgali LGA, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		plain	lateral
Plosive	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link Template:IPA link, Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Affricate		Template:IPA link Template:IPA link		Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Prenasalized	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link, Template:IPA link		Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Implosive	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
Fricative	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Nasal	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link
Approximant	(Template:IPA link)	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link

• /ⱱ/ is only found intervocalically in ideophones.
• /ɬ/ is often pronounced [x] word-initially.
• /tʃ dʒ/ are often lenited to [ʃ ʒ] in fast speech.
• /k/ can vary to [x~kʷ~w~g].

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	Template:IPA link		Template:IPA link
Mid		(Template:IPA link)
Low		Template:IPA link

• /a/ can be raised to either [e] or [o].
• /ə/ is epenthetic. It is heard as [ə̥] if following an unvoiced consonant and if it does not bear any tone, and can also unpredictably be realized as [u̥] in fast speech.

Sukur also has two tones; high and low.

External links

• ELAR archive of Sakun (Sukur) Language Documentation

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