Southern Burun language

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(?)).

Southern Burun
Mabaan
Native toSouth Sudan, Sudan
RegionUpper Nile–Blue Nile border
EthnicityJumjum, Mabaan
Native speakers
150,000 (2012-2017)[1][2]
Dialects
  • Mabaan
  • Ulu
  • Jumjum
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mfz – Mabaan, Ulu
jum – Jumjum
Glottologmaba1272
ELPMabaan

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
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
  1. "Mabaan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  2. "Jumjum". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  3. "PHOIBLE Online -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.


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