Anuak language

Anuak or Anywaa is a Luo language which belongs to the western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. It is spoken primarily in the western part of Ethiopia and also in South Sudan by the Anuak people. Other names for this language include: Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro.[1] Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster.[2] The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions, which also includes glossed texts.

Anuak
Native toEthiopia, South Sudan
RegionGambela Region, Greater Upper Nile
EthnicityAnuak people
Native speakers
200,000 (2007–2017)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3anu
Glottologanua1242

Phonology

Anuak is notable for lacking phonemic fricatives.[2]

Consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n̪ n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
affricate		 fortis p t̪ t c k
lenis b d̪ d ɟ ɡ
Approximant w l j
Trill r

Vowels
Front Back
Unrounded Rounded
Close i iː u uː
Near-Close ɪ ɪː ʊ ʊː
Close-mid e eː o oː
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ʌ ʌː ɔ ɔː
Open a aː

Diphthongs
Front Back
Close ie uo
Near-Close ɪɛ ʊɔ

Tones
Description IPA
Rising ˩˥
High ˦
Mid ˧
Low ˨

References
  1. Anuak at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. p.5


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