Sukur language

Sukur
Sukur
Sakwun
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	(15,000 cited 1992)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Wandala–Mafa Wandala (A.6) Sukur; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	syk
Glottolog	suku1272
ELP	Sukur

Sukur (Adikimmu Sukur, Gemasakun, Sakul, Sugur, Sakun) is a Biu–Mandara language of Madagali LGA, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Phonology

Consonants
	Labial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar	Glottal
	Labial	plain	lateral	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d			k g, kʷ	ʔ
Affricate		ts dz		tʃ dʒ
Prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd, ⁿz		ⁿdʒ	ᵑg
Implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative	f v	s z	ɬ ɮ	ʃ ʒ	x ɣ
Nasal	m	n			ŋ
Approximant	(ⱱ)	r	l	j	w

/a/ can be raised to either [e] or [o].
/ə/ is epenthetic. It is heard as [ə̥] if following an unvoiced consonant and if it does not bear any tone, and can also unpredictably be realized as [u̥] in fast speech.

Sukur also has two tones; high and low.

↑ Sukur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 3 Thomas, Michael F. (2014). A Grammar of Sakun (Sukur) (PhD thesis). University of Colorado.

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