Mwaghavul (also known as Sura) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria and predominantly in Mangu LGA.

Mwaghavul's dialects include Takas. The Mupun people is a related ethnic group.

Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.

Phonology

Consonants

Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.

Vowels

References

Further reading

• Roger Blench, , unpublished.

• Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.

External links

• Roger Blench: Mwaghavul opening page - Mwaghavul webpage at rogerblench.info