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Mwaghavul language

January 01, 1970

Mwaghavul (also known as Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria and predominantly in Mangu LGA.[2]

Mwaghavul
Native toNigeria
RegionPlateau State
Native speakers
150,000 (2016)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sur
Glottologmwag1236

Dialects include Mupun and Takas.[3]

Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.

Phonology edit

Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mwaghavul". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  2. ^ Mwaghavul language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. ^ . www.rogerblench.info. Archived from the original on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

Further reading edit

  • Roger Blench, Mwaghavul - English dictionary[permanent dead link], unpublished.
  • Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.

External links edit

  • Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page - Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info


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