Bajuni dialect

Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a Bantu language related to Swahili spoken by the Bajuni people who inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands and coastal Kenya, in addition to parts of southern Somalia, where they constitute a minority ethnic group. Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. Nurse & Hinnebusch classify it as a northern dialect of Swahili.

Consonant Inventory The consonant inventory is as follows.

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar GlottalStopprenasalizedimplosives()()voiceless unaspiratedvoiceless aspiratedFricativevoiced()voiceless()()Approximant, () ()Nasals Note: represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide.

See also Bajuni people

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