Bajuni (''Kibajuni''), also known as Tikulu (''Tikuu''), is a variety of
Swahili spoken by the
Bajuni people
The Bajuni people are a Bantu ethnic group mainly residing on the Bajuni Islands and surrounding coastal areas between the port city of Kismayo and Mombasa area of Kenya and Somalia’s southern border.
Overview
The Bajuni principally inhabit th ...
who inhabit the tiny
Bajuni Islands
The Bajuni Islands ( it, Isole Giuba, also known as the Bajun Islands or Baajun Islands) are an archipelago in southern Somalia. They are situated in the Somali sea in the southern coast of Jubaland, from Kismayo to Ras Kiyamboni (not to be confuse ...
and coastal
Kenya
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, in addition to parts of southern
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
, where they constitute a minority ethnic group.
[Mwakikagile, p.102.][Abdullahi, p.11.] Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect. Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993) classify it as a Northern Dialect of Swahili.
Consonant Inventory
The consonant inventory is as follows according to Nurse & Hinnebusch (1993:570).
Note:
drrepresents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide (Nurse & Hinnebusch 1993: 151).
See also
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Bajuni people
The Bajuni people are a Bantu ethnic group mainly residing on the Bajuni Islands and surrounding coastal areas between the port city of Kismayo and Mombasa area of Kenya and Somalia’s southern border.
Overview
The Bajuni principally inhabit th ...
Notes
References
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Languages of Kenya
Languages of Somalia
Swahili language