Sukur language

Sukur (Adikimmu Sukur, Gemasakun, Sakul, Sugur, Sakun) is a Biu–Mandara language of Madgali LGA, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

Phonology

 * /ⱱ/ is only found intervocalically in ideophones.
 * /ɬ/ is often pronounced [x] word-initially.
 * /tʃ dʒ/ are often lenited to [ʃ ʒ] in fast speech.
 * /k/ can vary to [x~kʷ~w~g].


 * /a/ can be raised to either [e] or [o].
 * /ə/ is epenthetic. It is heard as [ə̥] if following an unvoiced consonant and if it does not bear any tone, and can also unpredictably be realized as [u̥] in fast speech.

Sukur also has two tones ; high and low.