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Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bajuni people who inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands and coastal Kenya, in addition to parts of southern Somalia, where they constitute a minority ethnic group.[2][3] Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993) classify it as a Northern Dialect of Swahili.

Bajuni
Kibajuni
Native to	Kenya, Somalia
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili Bajuni
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	baju1245
Guthrie code	G.41[1]

Consonant Inventory

The consonant inventory is as follows according to Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993:570).[4]

		Labial	Labio-dental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	prenasalized	ᵐb		ⁿd̪	ⁿdr	ⁿɟ	ᵑɡ
	implosives	(ɓ)		(ɗ̪)		ʄ	ɠ
	voiceless unaspirated	p		t̪		c	k
	voiceless aspirated	pʰ		t̪ʰ		cʰ	kʰ
Fricative	voiced		v	ð			(ɣ)
	voiceless		f	(θ)	s	ʃ	(x)	h
Approximant		w (ʋ)			l, (r)	j	w (ʋ)
Nasals		m		n̪	n	ɲ	ŋ

Note: [ⁿdr] represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide (Nurse & Hinnebusch 1993: 151).[4]

See also

• Bajuni people

Notes

References

• Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye (2001). Culture and customs of Somalia. Greenwood. ISBN 9780313313332.
• Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2007). Kenya: identity of a nation. New Africa Press. ISBN 978-0980258790.

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