Alumu language
Niger–Congo language spoken in Nigeria
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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.
| Alumu-Tesu | |
|---|---|
| Təsu | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Nassarawa State |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1999)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aab |
| Glottolog | alum1246 |
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]
Phonology
It is unclear whether or not vowel nasality is phonemic in Alumu.[7]