Southern Burun language
Southern Burun | |
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Mabaan | |
Native to | South Sudan, Sudan |
Region | Upper Nile–Blue Nile border |
Ethnicity | Jumjum, Mabaan |
Native speakers | 150,000 (2012-2017)[1][2] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:mfz – Mabaan, Ulujum – Jumjum |
Glottolog | maba1272 |
ELP | Mabaan |
Southern Burun is a Western Nilotic language of Sudan. It is a dialect continuum with Burun proper (Northern Burun), Mabaan/Ulu, and Jumjum (Arabic: جومجوم(?)).
Phonology[]
These are from the Jumjum dialect.[3]
Vowels[]
Burun has 8 vowels. All vowels have long equivalents.
Front | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | ||
Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
Close-mid | |||
Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ |
Open | a |
Consonants[]
Burun has 20 consonants.
Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ | ||
voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | θ | ||||||
voiced | ð | |||||||
Nasal | m | ɱ | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Approximant | w | l | j | |||||
Trill | r |
References[]
Categories:
- Luo languages
- Nilo-Saharan language stubs