| Jju | |
|---|---|
| Jhyuo, Kaje | |
| Du̱ryem Jju | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Kaduna State |
| Ethnicity | Bajju people |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2020)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kaj |
| Glottolog | jjuu1238 |
| Jju[2] | |
|---|---|
| People | Ba̠jju |
| Language | Jju |
| Country | Ka̠jju |
Jju (Tyap:Jhyuo;Hausa:Kaje, Kache) is the native language of theBajju people ofKaduna State in centralNigeria. As of 1988, there were approximately 300,000 speakers.[1] Jju is one of theSouthern Kaduna languages.[1][3] Although usually listed separately from theTyap cluster, Jju's separation, according to Blench R.M. (2018), seems to be increasingly ethnic rather than a linguistic reality.[4]
Jju is spoken as a first language by theBajju people inZangon Kataf,Jema'a,Kachia,Kaura andKaduna SouthLocal Government Areas ofKaduna state. It is also spoken in neighbouringAtyap,Fantswam, Agworok,Ham,Adara, and other kin communities as a second or third language.[citation needed]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
A few words also include the long vowels/aː/ and/oː/.[5]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
| tense | mː | nː | ŋː | ||||||||
| Stop | plain | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | k͡p | ɡ͡b | ||
| tense | pː | bː | tː | dː | kː | ɡː | |||||
| Affricate | plain | p͡f | b͡v | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||
| tense | p͡fː | b͡vː | t͡sː | d͡zː | t͡ʃː | d͡ʒː | |||||
| Fricative | plain | f | s | ʃ | |||||||
| tense | fː | sː | ʃː | ||||||||
| Rhotic | tap | ɾ | |||||||||
| tense | ɾː | ||||||||||
| trill | r | ||||||||||
| Approximant | labial | ʍ | w | ɥ̊ | ɥ | ||||||
| lab. tense | ʍː | wː | ɥ̊ː | ɥː | |||||||
| central | j̊ | j | |||||||||
| tense | jː | ||||||||||
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| Numeral | Jju word |
|---|---|
| 1 | A̠yring |
| 2 | A̠hwa |
| 3 | A̠tat |
| 4 | A̠naai |
| 5 | A̠pfwon |
| 6 | A̠kitat |
| 7 | A̠tiyring |
| 8 | A̠ninai |
| 9 | A̠kumbvuyring |
| 10 | Swak |
| 11 | Swak bu a̠yring |
| 12 | Swak bu a̠hwa |
| 13 | Swak bu a̠tat |
| 14 | Swak bu a̠naai |
| 15 | Swak bu a̠pfwon |
| 16 | Swak bu a̠kitat |
| 17 | Swak bu a̠tiyring |
| 18 | Swak bu a̠ninai |
| 19 | Swak bu a̠kumbvuyring |
| 20 | Nswak nh|c |
| 30 | Nswak ntat |
| 40 | Nswak nnaai |
| 50 | Nswak npfwon |
| 60 | Nswak a̠kitat |
| 70 | Nswak a̠tiyring |
| 80 | Nswak a̠ninai |
| 90 | Nswak a̠kumbvuyring |
| 100 | Cyi |
| 1000 | Cyikwop |
List of vocabulary relating to body parts.
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