Bura language

Bura
Bura-Pabir
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Borno State, Adamawa State
Native speakers	~250,000 (1987)  (date missing)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bura–Higi Bura languages (A.2) Bura
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bwr

Bura-Pabir (also known as Bura, Burra, Bourrah, Pabir, Babir, Babur, Barburr, Mya Bura, Kwojeffa, Huve, Huviya) is a Chadic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects are Pela, Bura Pela, Hill Bura, Hyil Hawul, Bura Hyilhawul, and Plain Bura.

Bura has been reported to contrast a voiceless palatal lateral fricative, [] (ʎ̥˔), which is quite rare. There are thus five laterals in Bura: [l ʎ ɬ ɮ ], though [] can be analyzed as a palatalized fricative, /ɬʲ/. Apart from this, its inventory is much like the very complex system of Margi.

References

• Ethnologue report for Bura-Pabir
• World Atlas of Language Structures entry for Bura-Pabir

See also

• Bura Sign Language