Turu language
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Bantu language spoken in Tanzania
Not to be confused with Iau language.
| Turu | |
|---|---|
| Nyaturu | |
| Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Turu |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2006)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rim |
| Glottolog | nyat1246 |
F.32[2] | |
| Tυrυ | |
|---|---|
| Person | Mυnyatυrυ, Mυrιmi |
| People | Wanyatυrυ, Arιmi |
| Language | Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi |
| Country | Unyatυrυ, Urιmi |
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.
Phonology
[edit ]Consonants
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]| Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː |
| Near-close | ɪ ɪː | ʊ ʊː |
| Mid | e eː | o oː |
| Open | a aː |
- Short vowel sounds /e, o/ may also be heard as more open [ɛ, ɔ] as allophones.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Turu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Olson, Howard S. (1964). The Phonology and Morphology of Rįmi. Hartford CN: Hartford: Hartford Seminary Foundation.
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