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izere language wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 dialects 2 phonology toggle phonology subsection 2 1 consonants 2 2 vowels 2 3 tonemes 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents izere language 8 languages français hausa igbo igala piemontèis chishona kiswahili українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikifunctions wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia dialect continuum of plateau languages in nigeria izere izarek izere booklet in izere kuyis ikere ni izere be niseng ne itirik native to nigeria region kaduna state bauchi state plateau ethnicity afizere native speakers 500 000 2006 2016 1 language family niger congo atlantic congo benue congo plateau central izeric izere language codes iso 639 3 variously izr ne nw izere cen cèn chen gne ganàng gashish fiz izere retired glottolog none izer1242 izeric incl firan izere is a dialect continuum of plateau languages in nigeria 2 according to blench 2008 it is four languages though ethnologue does not distinguish nw and ne izere the cen and ganang varieties are spoken by only 2000 each cen has added berom noun class prefixes and consonant alternation to an izere base dialects edit blench 2019 lists the following izere dialects 3 fobur northeastern federe southern foron ichèn faishang ganang phonology edit the izere phonetic inventory includes 29 consonants and seven vowels and distinguishes three tone levels two additional contour tones appear only rarely in loanwords and due to onomatopoeia 4 consonants edit the consonant phonemes of izere are shown in the following table bilabial labiodental alveolar palato alveolar palatal velar labial velar glottal stop p b t d c ɟ k ɡ k͡p ɡ͡b nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋ͡m trill r fricative f v s z ʃ ʒ h affricate ts approximant j ɥ w lateral l vowels edit the vowel phonemes of izere are shown in the following table vowel phonemes front back close i u close mid e o open mid ɛ open a tonemes edit there are three level l m h and two contour tonemes lm hl in izere the latter two are found only in loanwords and onomatopoeia references edit ne nw izere at ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required cèn chen at ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required ganàng gashish at ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required izere retired at ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required hammarström harald forkel robert haspelmath martin eds izeric glottolog jena germany max planck institute for the science of human history blench roger 2019 an atlas of nigerian languages 4th ed cambridge kay williamson educational foundation blench roger kaze bitrus dictionary of the izere language blench 2008 prospecting proto plateau manuscript external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to izere language roger blench izere page v t e platoid languages jukunoid como karim etkywan hõne jan awei jiba jibu jiru jukun kpan kuteb lau nyifon shoo minda nye tigon mbembe wannu wapan wãpha kainji kambari cipu baangi kimba shingini vadi wenci yumu basa basa benue basa gumna basa gurara basa kontagora basa kwali basa makurdi koromba bassa nge kamuku cinda regi eastern acipa hungworo kagare rogo rubaruba shama shiroro baushi fungwa gurmana pongu northwest damakawa gwamhi wuri hun saare lela ut ma in lakes laru shen lopa rerang cuba urcibar reshe east northern gamo ningi gyem guta janji kudu camo lemoro lere shau ziriya zora kauru bina dungu gbiri niragu kaivi kinuku kono kurama mala ruma shuwa zamani vori surubu tumi vono shammo zele boze panawa sanga gusu moro loro bunu tunzu other atsam map piti plateau tarokoid kusur myet kwang pe shall zwall tarok yangkam south ake eggon jijili jili alumic akpondu alumu toro sambe hasha nigbo nisam ninzic bu ninkada ce gbətsu gwantu kanufi mada ningye ninka ninkyop ninzo nkɔ nungu ayu east barkul fyam horom central ashe koro ajuwa cori dangana doka fəràn gwara gyong hyam idon idun iku izere jju kadara kamanton kulu kuturmi rigwe shamang tyap yeskwa zhire beromic berom cara iten nincut yukubenic akum beezen bete kapya lufu yukuben ndunic ahwai others eloyi retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title izere_language oldid 1363365153 categories central plateau languages languages of nigeria hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata pages containing links to subscription only content language articles citing ethnologue 18 articles containing multiple language text languages without glottolog code commons category link from wikidata this page was last edited on 9 july 2026 at 19 12 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents izere language 8 languages add topic