Giryama dialect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Variety of Mijikenda from southern Kenya NativetoKenyaRegionKilifi districtEthnicityMijikenda, GiryamaLanguage familyNiger–Congo? Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast BantuNortheast Coast BantuMijikendaGiryamaGiryamaNative toKenyaRegionKilifi districtEthnicityMijikenda, GiryamaLanguage familyNiger–Congo? Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuNortheast BantuNortheast Coast BantuMijikendaGiryamaLanguage codesISO 639-3nyfGlottologgiry1241 Giryama is a dialect variety of the Mijikenda language spoken along the southern coast of Kenya, predominantly in the Kilifi district. Consonants Bilabial Labio-dental Dental/Alveolar Post-alv./Palatal Velar Glottal plain lab. plain sibilant plain lab. Nasal m mʷ n ɲ ŋ Plosive/Affricate voiceless p t t͡s t͡ʃ k kʷ (ʔ) aspirated pʰ tʰ t͡sʰ tʃʰ kʰ kʷʰ voiced b d d͡z d͡ʒ ɡ ɡʷ prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡z ᶮd͡ʒ ᵑɡ ᵑɡʷ Fricative voiceless f s ʃ h voiced β v ð z ʒ Rhotic ɾ ~ r Lateral l Approximant j w Labialized sounds /mʷ, kʷ, kʷʰ, ɡʷ, ᵑɡʷ/ can alternatively be pronounced as labio-velar stops [ŋ͡m, k͡p, k͡pʰ, ɡ͡b, ᵑɡ͡b] among speakers in free variation. /ɾ/ may have allophones as either [ɾ], [r], or [ɹ], all heard interchangeably. [ʔ] is only heard in between vowel sounds, to break up a sequence of two vowels.[1] Taylor (1891), noted two dental stops [t̪, d̪], however they were not easy to identify and therefore are not considered as phonemes. Vowels Front Central Back Close i u Mid e o Open a References ↑ Volk, Erez (2007). High, low and in between: Giryama tonology (MA thesis). Tel Aviv University. Sources Taylor, William Ernest. 1891. Giryama vocabulary and collections. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK). This Bantu language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles
