Mwaghavul (also known as Mupun and Sura) is an
Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic su ...
language spoken in
Plateau State
Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself.
Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...
, dominantly in
Mangu L.G.A.,
Middle Belt Region of Nigeria.
Dialects include Mupun and Takas.
Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of
logophoricity
Logophoricity is a phenomenon of binding relation that may employ a morphologically different set of anaphoric forms, in the context where the referent is an entity whose speech, thoughts, or feelings are being reported. This entity may or may ...
known in any language (see
logophoricity
Logophoricity is a phenomenon of binding relation that may employ a morphologically different set of anaphoric forms, in the context where the referent is an entity whose speech, thoughts, or feelings are being reported. This entity may or may ...
). The language Mwaghavul also has one of the best names in the middle belt region in Nigeria.
Phonology
Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.
References
Further reading
* Roger Blench
''Mwaghavul - English dictionary'' unpublished.
* Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. ''A Grammar of Mupun''. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
External links
- Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info
Languages of Nigeria
West Chadic languages
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