| Turu | |
|---|---|
| Nyaturu | |
| Kιnyatυrυ,Kιrιmi | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Ethnicity | Turu |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2006)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rim |
| Glottolog | nyat1246 |
F.32[2] | |
| Tυrυ | |
|---|---|
| Person | Mυnyatυrυ, Mυrιmi |
| People | Wanyatυrυ, Arιmi |
| Language | Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi |
| Country | Unyatυrυ, Urιmi |
TheTuru orNyaturu language,Kinyaturu, also known asRimiKirimi, is aBantu language of spoken by theWanyaturu also known asArimi of theSingida region ofTanzania. Excluding the Bantu language prefixesKe- andKi-, other spellings of the language areLimi andRemi. Dialects of the three Turu tribes areGirwana of theAirwana (Wilwana) in the north,Giahi of theVahi (Wahi) in the south and west, andGinyamunyinganyi of theAnyiŋanyi (Wanyinganyi) in the east.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | ||
| Nasal | m | mʷ | mʲ | n | nʷ | ɲ | ɲʷ | ŋ | ŋʷ | |||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃʷ | k | kʷ | kʲ | ||||||||
| voiced | b | bʷ | d | dʷ | d͡ʒ | d͡ʒʷ | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||||||||
| prenasal vl. | ᵐp | ᵐpʷ | ᵐpʲ | ⁿt | ⁿtʷ | ⁿtʲ | ᶮt͡ʃ | ᶮt͡ʃʷ | ᵑk | ᵑkʷ | ||||||
| prenasal vd. | ᵐb | ᵐbʷ | ᵐbʲ | ⁿd | ⁿdʷ | ⁿdʲ | ᶮd͡ʒ | ᶮd͡ʒʷ | ᵑɡ | ᵑɡʷ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | ɸʷ | ɸʲ | s | sʷ | sʲ | x | xʷ | h | hʷ | |||||
| voiced | β | βʲ | ɣ | ɣʷ | ʁ | ʁʷ | ||||||||||
| prenasal | ⁿs | ⁿsʷ | ᵑx | ᵑxʷ | ᶰʁ | |||||||||||
| Flap | voiceless | ɾ̥ | ɾ̥ʷ | ɾ̥ʲ | ||||||||||||
| voiced | ɾ | ɾʷ | ɾʲ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | l | lʷ | lʲ | j | jʷ | w | ||||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iiː | uuː | |
| Near-close | ɪɪː | ʊʊː | |
| Mid | eeː | ooː | |
| Open | aaː |
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