Firan | |
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Fəràn, Fɨràn | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Plateau State |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2019)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | fir |
Glottolog | fira1238 |
ELP | Firan |
Fɨràn[2] | |
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Person | yes Fɨràn |
People | yes Bèfɨràn |
Language | Fɨràn |
Firan or Fəràn is a Plateau language closely related to Izere. Most Firan speakers are multilingual in Firan, Hausa, English, Iten and sometimes Berom.[3]
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialvelar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | b p | d t | ɡ k | ɡ͡b k͡p | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
Sibilant affricate | dz ts | d̠ʒ t̠ʃ | ||||||
Sibilant fricative | z s | ʃ | ||||||
Non-sibilant fricative | ɸ | v f | ç | ɣ | h | |||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||
Tap/flap | ɾ | |||||||
Trill | r | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
Vowels
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ | u | ||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |||
Close-mid | e | o | |||
Mid | ə | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ/ə | ɔ | ||
Open | a/ɑ |
References
- ^ Firan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ^ a b c "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Firan [fir] Language of Plateau State, Nigeria". SIL International. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
Further reading