Kuria yare ne na Bantu da Mutanen Kuria na Arewacin Tanzania ke magana da shi,tare da wasu masu magana da ke zaune a Kenya.
Maho (2009) yana bi da nau'ikan Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, da Sweta a matsayin harsuna daban-daban
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Kuria haruffa (Kenya) [2]
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| Babban ma'ana
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A
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B
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Ch
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E
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Ni
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G
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H
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Na
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K
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M
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N
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Nd
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Babu
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Ng'
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O
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Ö
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R
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Rr
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S
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T
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U
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W
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Y
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| Ƙananan ƙira
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a
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b
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ch
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da kuma
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Ya kasance a cikin
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g
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h
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i
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k
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m
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n
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nd
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ny
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ng'
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o
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ö
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r
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rr
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s
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t
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u
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w
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da kuma
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| Alamar IPA
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a
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β
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t͡ʃ
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da kuma
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ɛ
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ɣ
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h
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i
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k
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m
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n
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n͡d
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ɲ
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ŋ
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o
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Owu
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ɾ
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r
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s
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t
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u
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w
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j
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Kuria consonant phonemes
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Biyuwa
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Alveolar
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Palatal
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Velar
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Gishiri
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| Dakatar da
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t
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k
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| Fricative
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β
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s
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ɣ
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h
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| Hanci
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m
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n
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ɲ
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ŋ
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| Trill
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r
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| Flap
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ɾ
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| Glide
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j
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| Tsayarwa da aka yi da shi
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m͡b
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n͡d
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ŋ͡g
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| Africates
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t͡ʃ
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Sautin Kuria
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Tushen Harshe mai zurfi (+ATR)
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-ATR
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| A gaba
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Tsakiya
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Komawa
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A gaba
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Tsakiya
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Komawa
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| Kusa
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i
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u
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| Tsakanin Tsakiya
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da kuma
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o
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| Bude-Tsakiyar
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ɛ
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Owu
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| Bude
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a
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Duk sautin sun bambanta da tsawon, kuma suna iya zama gajere ko tsawo.
- Jelle Cammenga, Igikuria phonology and morphology: a Bantu language of South-West Kenya and North-West Tanzania, Köppe, Köln, 2004, 351 p. (revised text of a thesis)
- S. M. Muniko, B. Muita oMagige da M. J. Ruel (ed.), Kuria-English dictionary, LIT, Hamburg, 1996, 137 p.
- W. H. Whiteley, Tsarin Kuria verbal da matsayinta a cikin jumla, Jami'ar London, 1955, 161 p. (thesis)
- Phebe Yoder, Tata na Baba = Uba da Uwar: mai karatu na farko na Kuria , Musoma Press, Musoma, Tanganyika, 1949, 44 p.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yaren Kuria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Rhonda L. Hartell, ed. 1993. The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO and Summer Institute of Linguistics
