Jina language

Jina (Zina) is an Afroasiatic language of Cameroon. The Muxule variety may be a distinct language.

Jina
Zina
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	1,500 (2004)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara East–Central Mida’a Jina
Dialects	Muxule
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jia
Glottolog	jina1244

Jina is spoken in Zina commune, located just to the south of Logone-Birni commune. Muxule is spoken in a few villages to the north of Logone-Birni (department of Logone-et-Chari, Far North Region) by 1,500 speakers. The people of Zina claim to understand Lagwan and Munjuk better than Muxule.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants^[3]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
				plain	labialized
Plosive	p b	t d	c ɟ	k g	kʷ gʷ	ʔ
Ejective		s’		k’
Implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative	f v	s z		x ɣ	xʷ ɣʷ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ	ŋʷ
Approximant	w	l, r	j

Jina is analysed as only having two phonemic vowels; /a/ and /ə/.^[4]