Jju language
Jju (Tyap: Jhyuo; Hausa: Kaje, Kache) is the native language of the Bajju people of Kaduna State in central Nigeria. As of 1988, there were approximately 300,000 speakers.[1]
| 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 |
Distribution
Jju is spoken as a first language by the Bajju people in Zangon Kataf, Jema'a, Kachia, Kaura and Kaduna South Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. It is also spoken in neighbouring Atyap, Fantswam, Agworok, Ham, Adara, and other kin communities as a second or third language.
Phonology
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].[4]
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
References
- 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.
- McKinney, Norris P. (April 1990). "Temporal characteristics of fortis stops and affricates in Tyap and Jju". Journal of Phonetics. 18 (2): 255–266. doi:10.1016/S0095-4470(19)30392-4. ISSN 0095-4470.
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