Bajuni (''Kibajuni''), also known as Tikulu (''Tikuu''), is a variety of
Swahili
Swahili may refer to:
* Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes
* Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa
* Swahili culture
Swahili culture is the culture of ...
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 and coastal
Kenya, in addition to parts of southern
Somalia, 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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http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~dnurse/
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Languages of Kenya
Languages of Somalia
Swahili language