Mburku language

Mburku or Burku is an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the West-Chadic subgroup of the Chadic languages.^[1] It is estimated to be spoken by 7,000-10,000 people in Miya District of Ganjuwa LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria.^[2] Although it is still referred to as Mburku in academic sources such as Glottolog, the speakers prefer their language be called Burku.^[2] Ethnologue classifies Burku as a stable language not in danger of extinction.

Mburku
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Bauchi State
Native speakers	(12,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bade–Warji Warji (B.2) Mburku
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bbt
Glottolog	mbur1239

Phonology

Pulmonic Consonant Phonemes

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal	m		n			ŋ
Plosive	p b		t d			k g		ʔ
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ				h
Affricate			ts	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Approximant					j	w
Lateral Approximant			l
Rhotic			ɹ