Turu language

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.