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]
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialvelar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Close | i | ɨ | u | ||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |||
Close-mid | e | o | |||
Mid | ə | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ/ə | ɔ | ||
Open | a/ɑ |
Firan | |
---|---|
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] | |
---|---|
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]
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labialvelar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Close | i | ɨ | u | ||
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |||
Close-mid | e | o | |||
Mid | ə | ||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ/ə | ɔ | ||
Open | a/ɑ |