Mumuye language

Mumuye
Yoro
Region	northeastern Nigeria
Ethnicity	Mumuye people
Native speakers	(400,000 cited 1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Leko–Nimbari Mumuye–Yendang Mumuye Mumuye
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mzm
Glottolog	nucl1240

Mumuye is by far the most populous of the Adamawa languages. It is spoken in northeastern Nigeria. It is classified in the Leko–Nimbari branch of Savanna languages, as Adamawa is no longer considered a valid family. According to Ethnologue, there are multiple dialects: Zinna, Dong, Yoro, Lankaviri, Gola (Bajama), Gongla, Kasaa, Saawa, Jalingo, Nyaaja, Jeng, Gnoore, Yaa, Sagbee, Shaari, Kugong, Mang, Kwaji, Meeka, Yakoko.

Phonology

The Mumuye dialect of the town of Zing has the following inventory:

Zing Mumuye consonants

	lab.	cor.	pal.	vel.	lab.–vel.
nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	(m͡ŋ)
stop	p b	t d		k ɡ	k͡p ɡ͡b
prestopped nasal	pᵐ bᵐ	tⁿ dⁿ		kᵑ ɡᵑ	k͡pᵐ͡ᵑ ɡ͡bᵐ͡ᵑ
fricative	f v	s z	ʃ ʒ		(?)
nasalized fricative	f̃ ṽ	s̃ z̃	ʃ̃ ʒ̃
sonorant		r	j		w
nasalized sonorant		r̃	(j̃)		w̃