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Alumu language

Niger–Congo language spoken in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Alumu is a Plateau language spoken by approximately 7,000 people in Nassarawa State, Nigeria. It has lost the nominal affix system characteristic of the Niger–Congo family.

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Dialects

Two varieties, Alomoh and Tesu, differ only in intonation.[1] Information for Alomoh and Tesu is listed from Blench (2004).[2]

Alomoh (or Arum), with 4,000 speakers, is spoken in the settlements of Anji-Mara (main settlement),Tsavoh, Tapha,Tumara, Chugbu, Shu'a (Gbira),Chini.

Tesu (Təsu) (Hausa: Chessu[3]), with just under 2,000 speakers, is spoken in the two villages of Chessu Sarki and Chessu Madaki, which are about one kilometre apart from each other on the Wamba - Fadan Karshi road.

Akpondoh is also closely related (also Babur, Nisam and Nigbo) but moribund or extinct, and its classification as a separate language or as a shifting dialect or sociological group of related dialects is not clear.[4]

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Phonology

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It is unclear whether or not vowel nasality is phonemic in Alumu.[7]

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References

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