Jju language
| Jju | |
|---|---|
| Kaje | |
| Diryem Jju | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2020)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kaj |
| Glottolog | jjuu1238 |
| Jju[2] | |
|---|---|
| People | Ba̠jju |
| Language | Jju |
| Country | Ka̠jju |
Jju (
Bajju people of Kaduna State in central Nigeria. As of 1988, there were approximately 300,000 speakers.[1] Jju is one of the Southern Kaduna languages.[1][3] Although usually listed separately from the Tyap cluster, Jju's separation, according to Blench R.M. (2018), seems to be increasingly ethnic rather than a linguistic reality.[4]
Distribution
Jju is spoken as a first language by the
Fantswam, Agworok, Ham, Adara, and other kin communities as a second or third language.[citation needed
]
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ŋ | ||
| tense | mː | nː | ŋː | |||
Stop
|
plain | p b | t d | k ɡ | k͡p ɡ͡b | |
| tense | pː bː | tː dː | kː ɡː | |||
Affricate
|
plain | p͡f b͡v | t͡s d͡z | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | ||
| tense | p͡fː b͡vː | t͡sː d͡zː | t͡ʃː d͡ʒː | |||
Fricative
|
plain | f | s | ʃ | ||
| tense | fː | sː | ʃː | |||
| Rhotic | tap | ɾ | ||||
| tense | ɾː | |||||
| trill | r | |||||
Approximant
|
labial | ʍ w | ɥ̊ ɥ | |||
| lab. tense | ʍː wː | ɥ̊ː ɥː | ||||
| central | j̊ j | |||||
| tense | jː | |||||
- Consonants also occur as labialized [ʷ] as palatalized [ʲ].
- Aspiration [ʰ] may phonetically occur among stops.
- Tense stops /kː ɡː/ may also be heard as affricates [k͡x, ɡ͡ɣ].[5]
Numerals
- A̠yring
- A̠hwa
- A̠tat
- A̠naai
- A̠pfwon
- A̠kitat
- A̠tiyring
- A̠ninai
- A̠kumbvuyring
- Swak
- Swak bu a̠yring
- Swak bu a̠hwa
- Swak bu a̠tat
- Swak bu a̠naai
- Swak bu a̠pfwon
- Swak bu a̠kitat
- Swak bu a̠tiyring
- Swak bu a̠ninai
- Swak bu a̠kumbvuyring)P″
- Nswak nh|c
- 30. Nswak ntat
- 40. Nswak nnaai
- 50. Nswak npfwon
- 60. Nswak a̠kitat
- 70. Nswak a̠tiyring
- 80. Nswak a̠ninai
- 90. Nswak a̠kumbvuyring
- 100. Cyi
- 1000. Cyikwop
Vocabulary
list of vocabulary relating to body parts.[6]
- zwuoi - nose
- shog - cheek
- a̠kpukpa ka̠nu - lip
- zwuak - throat
- dhiryem - tongue
- pfuwa - neck
- ka̠dyet - chin
- ka̠hog - chest
- trang - beard
- kawiyang - armpit
- dhicuu - head
- a̠n-yyi teeth
- tsuo m'bva̠k - elbow
- ka̠ma - back
- dhikwat - back of head
- tag - leg
- ka̠wha - stomach
- dhikwuut - knee
- hun-tag ankle
- gruang - shoulder
- kanu - mouth
- kop - navel
- pfuo - ear
- dhissi - eye
- a̠chat - hair
- dhibyiang - breast
- ka̠ta̠ssi - forehead
- a̠ta̠ngbak - wrist
- ka̠ta̠ng-hurung bak - finger
- bva̠k - hand
References
- ^ a b c Jju at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ "Glottolog 3.0 - Bajju". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2017-05-05.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 9783961101009. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ISSN 0095-4470.
- ^ "Sani Chat Sylvanus: Went to my Aunts house and I saw this. Parts..."
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Jju language.