Mburku language

Mburku
Mburku
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	(12,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bade–Warji Warji (B.2) Mburku; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bbt
Glottolog	mbur1239

Mburku or Burku is an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the West-Chadic subgroup of the Chadic languages.^[1] It is estimated to be spoken by 7,000-10,000 people in Miya District of Ganjuwa LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria.^[2] Although it is still referred to as Mburku in academic sources such as Glottolog, the speakers prefer their language be called Burku.^[2] Ethnologue classifies Burku as a stable language not in danger of extinction.

Phonology

Pulmonic Consonant Phonemes
	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			ŋ
Plosive	p b		t d			k g	ʔ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ			h
Affricate			ts	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Approximant					j	w
Lateral Approximant			l
Rhotic			ɹ

Notes

^ ^a ^b Mburku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Decker, Ken; Gobak, Fitokka; Danladi, Yakubuu; Dabet, Julius; Riepe, Christina; Aregbesola, Adedamola; Abraham, Benard; Lewinan, Andrew; Araokanmi, Thelma (2022). "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the West Chadic Languages of Bauchi and Jigawa States, Nigeria" (PDF). Journal of Language Survey Report. 10 (2766–9327) – via SIL International Publications.

[e18-1] Mburku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] Decker, Ken; Gobak, Fitokka; Danladi, Yakubuu; Dabet, Julius; Riepe, Christina; Aregbesola, Adedamola; Abraham, Benard; Lewinan, Andrew; Araokanmi, Thelma (2022). "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the West Chadic Languages of Bauchi and Jigawa States, Nigeria" (PDF). Journal of Language Survey Report. 10 (2766–9327) – via SIL International Publications.

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