Turu language

Not to be confused with Iau language.

Turu
Nyaturu
Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi
Native to	Tanzania
Ethnicity	Turu
Native speakers	600,000 (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Nyaturu-Nilamba-Isanzu Turu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rim
Glottolog	nyat1246
Guthrie code	F.32

Tυrυ
Person	Mυnyatυrυ, Mυrιmi
People	Wanyatυrυ, Arιmi
Language	Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi
Country	Unyatυrυ, Urιmi

The Turu or Nyaturu language, Kinyaturu, also known as Rimi Kirimi, is a Bantu language of spoken by the Wanyaturu also known as Arimi of the Singida region of Tanzania. Excluding the Bantu language prefixes Ke- and Ki-, other spellings of the language are Limi and Remi. Dialects of the three Turu tribes are Girwana of the Airwana (Wilwana) in the north, Giahi of the Vahi (Wahi) in the south and west, and Ginyamunyinganyi of the Anyiŋanyi (Wanyinganyi) in the east.

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial			Alveolar			Post-alv./ Palatal		Velar			Uvular		Glottal
		plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Nasal		m	mʷ	mʲ	n	nʷ		ɲ	ɲʷ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p			t			t͡ʃ	t͡ʃʷ	k	kʷ	kʲ
	voiced	b	bʷ		d	dʷ		d͡ʒ	d͡ʒʷ	ɡ	ɡʷ
	prenasal vl.	ᵐp	ᵐpʷ	ᵐpʲ	ⁿt	ⁿtʷ	ⁿtʲ	ᶮt͡ʃ	ᶮt͡ʃʷ	ᵑk	ᵑkʷ
	prenasal vd.	ᵐb	ᵐbʷ	ᵐbʲ	ⁿd	ⁿdʷ	ⁿdʲ	ᶮd͡ʒ	ᶮd͡ʒʷ	ᵑɡ	ᵑɡʷ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	ɸʷ	ɸʲ	s	sʷ	sʲ			x	xʷ				h	hʷ
	voiced	β		βʲ						ɣ	ɣʷ		ʁ	ʁʷ
	prenasal				ⁿs	ⁿsʷ				ᵑx	ᵑxʷ		ᶰʁ
Flap	voiceless				ɾ̥	ɾ̥ʷ	ɾ̥ʲ
	voiced				ɾ	ɾʷ	ɾʲ
Approximant					l	lʷ	lʲ	j	jʷ	w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Near-close	ɪ ɪː		ʊ ʊː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Open		a aː

• Short vowel sounds /e, o/ may also be heard as more open [ɛ, ɔ] as allophones.