Alumu (Alumu Təsu)

Alumu is a member if the Plateau branch of the Benue-Congo language family. It is spoken by about 6,000 people the Wamba Local Government Area in the northeast of Nasarawa State in the North Central region of Nigeria.

Alumu is also known as Alomo, Arum, Alumu-Tesu, Arum-Cesu, Arum-Chessu or Alumu-Akpondu. There are two varieties: Alomoh (Arum), which has about 4,000 speakers in the villages of Anji-Mara, Tsavoh, Tapha, Tumara, Chugbu, Shu'a (Gbira), Chini; and Tesu (Təsu), which is spoken by about 2,000 people in the villages of Chessu Sarki and Chessu Madaki.

Alumu alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Alumu (Excel)
Details of the Alumu alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)

Sample text

Yeso ka a bleh mboh la, <
Nga reh irya ata andrehmeh tasa ata ma ibibi
Ti gu kpakpana ambohroh reh te kohhroh tswanza nza meh kǝ gu kpakpana amboh nza maka a lisa reh abibi te kohhroh. Tasa kama wa reh na atsi mata a tsara reh kpeh.>

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/4443/LUK.11.ABT

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample video

Links

Information about Alumu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumu_language
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/alum1246
http://www.language-archives.org/language/aab
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/aab

Benue-Congo languages

Akum, Alumu, Berom, Jju

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 18.06.26. Last modified: 18.06.26

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