Sukur language
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Sukur (Adikimmu Sukur, Gemasakun, Sakul, Sugur, Sakun) is a Biu–Mandara language of Madgali LGA, Adamawa State, Nigeria.
Phonology
- /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].
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- /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;[1] high and low.
References
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External links
- ELAR archive of Sakun (Sukur) Language Documentation
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