Kuria language

Bantu language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kuria is a Bantu language spoken by the Kuria people of Northern Tanzania, with some speakers also residing in Kenya.

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Kuria
Igikuria
Native toKenya, Tanzania[1]
EthnicityKuria people
Native speakers
690,000 (2005–2009)[2]
Dialects
  • Kuria proper
  • Simbiti
  • Hacha
  • Surwa
  • Sweta
Latin, Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3kuj
Glottologkuri1259
JE.43,431–434[3]
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Maho (2009) treats the Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, and Sweta varieties as distinct languages.

Alphabet

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Kuria alphabet (Kenya)[4][5][6]
Uppercase ABChEËGHIKMNNdNyNg'OÖRRrSTUWY
Lowercase abcheëghikmnndnyng'oörrrstuwy
IPA Symbol aβt͡ʃeɛɣhikmnn͡dɲŋoɔɾrstuwj
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Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

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All vowels contrast length, and can be either short or long.

Bibliography

  • Jelle Cammenga, Igikuria phonology and morphology : a Bantu language of South-West Kenya and North-West Tanzania, Köppe, Köln, 2004, 351 p. ISBN 3896450298 (revised text of a thesis)
  • S. M. Muniko, B. Muita oMagige and M. J. Ruel (ed.), Kuria-English dictionary, LIT, Hambourg, 1996, 137 p. ISBN 3825829510
  • W. H. Whiteley, The structure of the Kuria verbal and its position in the sentence, University of London, 1955, 161 p. (thesis)
  • Phebe Yoder, Tata na Baba = Father and Mother : a first Kuria reader, Musoma Press, Musoma, Tanganyika, 1949, 44 p.

References

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