| Reel | |
| Nativename: | Thuɔk ë Rëël |
| Speakers: | 116,000 |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Ref: | e26 |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Iso3: | atu |
| Glotto: | reel1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Reel |
Reel, or Atwot, is a Nilotic language of South Sudan that is closely related to Nuer. They call themselves Reel; Atwot is their Dinka name.
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Plosive | Voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Trill | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i iˑ iːi̤ i̤ˑ i̤ː | u uˑ uːṳ ṳˑ ṳː | |
| Close-mid | e eˑ eː e̤ e̤ˑ e̤ː | o oˑ oː o̤ oː o̤ː | |
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛˑ ɛː ɛ̤ ɛ̤ˑ ɛ̤ː | ɔ ɔˑ ɔː ɔ̤ ɔ̤ˑ ɔ̤ː | |
| Low | a aˑ aː a̤ a̤ˑ a̤ː |
Reel has three tones - high, low, and rising.