- Source: Jju language
Jju (Tyap: Jhyuo; Hausa: Kaje, Kache) is the native language of the Bajju people of Kaduna State in central Nigeria. As of 1988, there were approximately 300,000 speakers. Jju is one of the Southern Kaduna languages. Although usually listed separately from the Tyap cluster, Jju's separation, according to Blench R.M. (2018), seems to be increasingly ethnic rather than a linguistic reality.
Distribution
Jju is spoken as a first language by the Bajju people in Zangon Kataf, Jema'a, Kachia, Kaura and Kaduna South Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. It is also spoken in neighbouring Atyap, Fantswam, Agworok, Ham, Adara, and other kin communities as a second or third language.
Phonology
= Vowels
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A few words also include the long vowels /aː/ and /oː/.
= Consonants
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There is a tenseness distinction, which McKinney (1990) calls a fortis-lenis distinction. McKinney analyzes the fortis consonants as longer than lenis consonants.
There is allophonic palatalization before front vowels and allophonic labialization before rounded vowels.
Most consonants have a three-way contrast between plain, labialized [ʷ], and palatalized [ʲ].
Aspiration [ʰ] may phonetically occur among stops.
Tense stops /kː ɡː/ may also be heard as affricates [k͡x, ɡ͡ɣ].
Numerals
Vocabulary
List of vocabulary relating to body parts.
zwuoi - nose
shog - cheek
a̠kpukpa ka̠nu - lip
zwuak - throat
du̱ryem - tongue
pffwa - neck
ka̠dyet - chin
ka̠hog - chest
trang - beard
kawiyang - armpit
du̱ccu - head
a̠nyyi teeth
tsuo mbvak - elbow
ka̠ma - back
du̱kkwat - back of head
tak - leg
ka̠hwa - stomach
du̱kkwut - knee
hun-tak ankle
gruang - shoulder
kanu - mouth
kop - navel
pffwo - ear
du̱ssi - eye
a̠cat - hair
du̱byiang - breast
ka̠ta̠ssi - forehead
a̠ta̠ngbak - wrist
ka̠ta̠ng-hurung bak - finger
bva̠k - hand
Notes
References
McKinney, Norris P. (April 1990). "Temporal characteristics of fortis stops and affricates in Tyap and Jju". Journal of Phonetics. 18 (2): 255–266. doi:10.1016/S0095-4470(19)30392-4. ISSN 0095-4470.
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