Jarawa (also known as Jar, Jara, or in Hausa: Jaranci) is the most populous of the Bantu languages of northern Nigeria. It is a dialect cluster consisting of many varieties.
Sounds /n, t, l, r/ can be heard as palatal or retroflex [ɲ, ʈ, ɭ, ɽ] in word-final position. /k/ can also be heard as uvular [q] in the same position, and may also alternate with [ʁ] or [ɢ].
Sounds /k͡x, ɡ͡ɣ/ can be heard as fricatives [x, ɣ] or [χ, ʁ] in intervocalic position.
^Zhár (Bankal) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Zugur (Duguri) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Mbat (Bada) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Gwak (Gingwak) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ abGreen, Christopher R. (2020). Harmony and disharmony in Mbat (Jarawan Bantu) verbs. In Linguistique et Langues Africaines 6: Syracuse University. pp. 43–72.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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