Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a Bantu language related to Swahili spoken by the Bajuni people who inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands and coastal Kenya, in addition to parts of southern Somalia, where they constitute a minority ethnic group.
[2][3] Maho (2009) considers it a distinct dialect.
Nurse & Hinnebusch classify it as a northern dialect of Swahili.
[4][page needed] The consonant inventory is as follows.
[5] Note: [ⁿdr] represents a sound pronounced with an r-like offglide.