Bura (also known as Burah, Burra, Bourrah, Bura-Pabir, Babir, Babur, Barburr, Mya Bura, Kwojeffa, Huve, Huviya) is a Chadic language spoken in Northeastern Nigeria by the Bura-Pabir people. Dialects include Pela, Bura Pela, Hill Bura, Hyil Hawul, Bura Hyilhawul, and Plain Bura. The language is closely related to Kilba, Cibak, Margi and a few other north-eastern Nigerian Languages.
Phonology
Consonants LabialAlveolarPost-alv./PalatalVelarGlottalNasalStopvoicelessvoicedprenasal vl.prenasal vd.implosive/ejc.Affricatevoicelessvoicedprenasal vl.prenasal vd.Fricativevoiceless voicedprenasal vl.prenasal vd.ApproximantTrill Consonant clusters also occur among plosives/affricates, nasals, and fricatives.
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen
Orthography In the 2010 Bura-English Dictionary, Roger Blench proposed an orthography similar to that of Hausa based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of the letters ɓ, ɗ, ə, and ƙ, as well as the following digraphs: +IPAOrthographytldlgh
See also Bura Sign Language
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