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jarawa language nigeria 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 phonology 2 dialects 3 references toggle the table of contents jarawa language nigeria 6 languages deutsch hausa igbo piemontèis kiswahili tiếng việt 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 wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia bantu language spoken in nigeria not to be confused with jarawa language andaman islands or jarawara language jarawa region northern nigeria near bauchi native speakers 250 000 dialects with iso codes 2006 2011 1 language family niger congo atlantic congo volta congo benue congo bantoid southern bantoid jarawan nigerian jarawan jarawa dialects zhár bankal zugur duguri gwak gingwak ndaŋshi dòòrì mbat bada mùùn kantana dàmùl language codes iso 639 3 variously jjr zhár bankal dbm zugur duguri bau mbat bada jgk gwak gingwak glottolog jara1263 jarawa pottery jarawa also known as jar or jhar or in hausa jaranci is the most populous of the jarawan languages of northern nigeria it is a dialect cluster consisting of many varieties phonology edit consonants in the mbat dialect 2 labial alveolar palatal velar glottal plosive voiceless p t k ʔ voiced b d ɡ implosive ɓ ɗ affricate voiceless k͡x voiced d͡ʒ ɡ͡ɣ fricative voiceless f s ʃ x voiced β z ɣ nasal m n ɲ ŋ rhotic r approximant w l j β only appears as a marginal phoneme ʔ only appears in non word initial syllables 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 vowels in the mbat dialect 2 front central back close i u near close ɪ ʊ mid ɛ ə ɔ open a sounds ɛ ɔ only appear after glides dialects edit jarawa dialects are zhár bankal zugur duguri gwak gingwak ndaŋshi dòòrì mbat bada mùùn kantana dàmùl kantana may be a distinct language blench 2019 lists these varieties as dialects of jar jarawa 3 zhar ligri kantana bobar gwak gingwak dõõri mbat mbat galamkya danglong also known as damlawa in hausa which is likely most closely related to zhar was discovered by roger blench in 2019 who collected a short word list at the time it is spoken by a few elderly individuals in danglong village which is located just north of yankari game reserve in bauchi state 4 5 maccido a stone walled settlement west of yankari game reserve that is now deserted was built on the western edge of yankari game reserve likely by zhar or related peoples around the 18th century to protect themselves from slave raids 4 references edit 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 1 2 green christopher r 2020 harmony and disharmony in mbat jarawan bantu verbs linguistique et langues africaines 6 43 72 doi 10 4000 lla 289 blench roger 2019 an atlas of nigerian languages 4th ed cambridge kay williamson educational foundation 1 2 blench roger 2026 the jarawan bantu languages in nigeria what is new research telling us 15 july 2026 jos linguistic circle blench roger 2024 the jarawan bantu languages in nigeria what is new research telling us 7 june 2024 2nd conference on bantoid languages and linguistics bantoid ii yaoundé v t e languages of nigeria official languages english national languages hausa igbo yoruba recognised languages berom ebira edo efik ibibio fulfulde gbagyi idoma igala ijaw isoko izere jju jukun kanuri nupe karai karai tiv tyap ukwuani urhobo indigenous languages indigenous languages grouped by nigerian state adamawa baa bacama bali bata boga bura chamba leko daba daka dong fali of mubi ga anda gaa gude gudu holma huba hwana hya kamwe kanakuru kirya konzəl kofa koma kpasam kugama kumba lamang longuda margi margi south mumuye ngwaba nyong nzanyi psikyɛ sukur taram teme tso vere waja wom yendang zizilivakan akwa ibom anaang ekit ibibio obolo oron bauchi ɓeele bole bure ciwogai dass dazawa deno dikaka dulbu galambu gera geruma giiwo guruntum jalaa jarawa jimi karekare kariya kir balar kubi kushi kusur myet kutto kwaami labir longuda mangas mburku miya pa a piya polci shiki siri tso warji zangwal zumbun bayelsa izon epie urhobo isoko southeast ijo benue eggon igede borno afade bura cibak cineni dghwede glavda gude guduf gava gvoko jara jilbe kamwe kanakuru lamang maaka mafa margi margi south nggwahyi putai tera wandala yedina cross river abanyom efik mbe mbembe delta urhobo isoko ika izon isoko ukwuani uhrobo edo afenmai ishan bini gombe awak bangwinji bole dadiya jara kamo ngamo pero tangale tera tula waja jigawa bade teshenawa kaduna adara ahwai anib atsam ayu berom bu ninkada bina bishi cori doka dungu duya ekhwa gbagyi gbari gwandara gyong hasha hausa hyam ikulu jju kaivi kinuku koonu kuzamani mada mala nghan nikyob nindem ninzo numana nungu nyankpa ruma sambe sha shamang t kurmi timap tiseni tivori toro tugbiri niragu tumi tyap fantswam gworog sholyio takad tyap mabatado tyecharak tyuku vono wachi zhire kano ɗuwai hausa tikurmi kebbi cipu damakawa hun saare kogi basa benue bassa nge igala nupe oworo kwara kakanda kupa nupe nasarawa ake alumu basa benue duhwa eggon hasha jili toro niger asu bariba cipu gbagyi gwandara jijili kakanda nupe pongu ondo itsekiri izon ukaan plateau barkul berom bogghom bole cakfem mushere dass fyam fyer goemai horom izere jorto koenoem kofyar kulere miship montol mundat mwaghavul ngas pe pyapun rigwe ron sha sur tal tambas tarok tyap takad yankam yiwom rivers abua baan biseni defaka degema ekpeye eleme engenni gokana ijaw ikwerre kalabari khana kugbo nkoroo o chi chi obolo obulom odual ogba ogbogolo ogbronuagum ogoni okodia oruma tee ukwuani aboh ndoni taraba baissa fali bete buru dadiya donga kholok kpati laka lufu mumuye nyam nyingwom pangseng rang tarok waja waka yendang yoti yobe bade bole ɗuwai karekare ngamo ngizim sign languages nigerian sign language bura sign language hausa sign language scripts pan nigerian alphabet nigerian braille medefaidrin v t e mbam languages sanaga leti tuki west bati nomaande nyokon tunen tuotomb yambeta yambasa elip mmaala mbule nubaca nugunu yangben jarawan bile damlanci dulbu gwa jarawa danglong kulung labir lame gura mama mbula bwazza nagumi shiki 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