Mwaghavul language

Mwaghavul
Mwaghavul
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Plateau State
Native speakers	150,000 (2016)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Bole–Angas Angas (A.3) Mwaghavul; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sur
Glottolog	mwag1236

Mwaghavul (also known as Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria and predominantly in Mangu LGA.^[2]

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Native speakers

150,000 (2016)^[1]

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Mwaghavul's dialects include Takas.^[3] The Mupun people is a related ethnic group.

Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.

		Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ		k	(ʔ)
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ		g
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ			h
Fricative	voiced	v	z	ʒ		(ɣ)
Nasal		m	n	ɲ		ŋ
Approximant			l		j	w
Trill			r

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Open	e	a	o

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