Kuria | |
Nativename: | Igikuria |
States: | Kenya, Tanzania[1] |
Ethnicity: | Kuria people |
Speakers: | 690,000 |
Date: | 2005–2009 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
Fam5: | Bantoid |
Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam7: | Bantu |
Fam8: | Northeast Bantu |
Fam9: | Great Lakes Bantu |
Fam10: | Logooli–Kuria (E.40) |
Dia1: | Kuria proper |
Dia2: | Simbiti |
Dia3: | Hacha |
Dia4: | Surwa |
Dia5: | Sweta |
Script: | Latin, Arabic |
Iso3: | kuj |
Glotto: | kuri1259 |
Glottorefname: | Kuria |
Guthrie: | JE.43,431–434 |
Kuria is a Bantu language spoken by the Kuria people of Northern Tanzania, with some speakers also residing in Kenya.
Maho (2009) treats the Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, and Sweta varieties as distinct languages.
Kuria alphabet (Kenya)[2] [3] [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uppercase | A | B | Ch | E | Ë | G | H | I | K | M | N | Nd | Ny | Ng' | O | Ö | R | Rr | S | T | U | W | Y | ||||
Lowercase | a | b | ch | e | ë | g | h | i | k | m | n | nd | ny | ng' | o | ö | r | rr | s | t | u | w | y | ||||
IPA Symbol | a | β | t͡ʃ | e | ɛ | ɣ | h | i | k | m | n | n͡d | ɲ | ŋ | o | ɔ | ɾ | r | s | t | u | w | j |
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Trill | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Flap | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Glide | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Prenasalized Stops | pronounced as /m͡b/ | pronounced as /n͡d/ | pronounced as /ŋ͡g/ | |||
Affricates | pronounced as /t͡ʃ/ |
Advanced Tongue Root (+ATR) | -ATR | ||||||
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Front | Central | Back | Front | Central | Back | ||
Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Close-Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Open-Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
Open | pronounced as /a/ |
All vowels contrast length, and can be either short or long.