Nyangatom language explained

Nyangatom
States:Ethiopia
Region:Omo River region
Ethnicity:Nyangatom
Date:2007 census
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic?
Fam3:Kir–Abbaian?
Fam4:Nilotic
Fam5:Eastern Nilotic
Fam6:AtekerLotukoMaa
Fam7:Ateker
Fam8:Turkanic
Iso3:nnj
Glotto:nyan1315
Glottorefname:Nyangatom
Script:none
Notice:IPA

Nyangatom (also Inyangatom, Donyiro, Dongiro, Idongiro) is a Nilotic language spoken in Ethiopia by the Nyangatom people. It is an oral language only, having no working orthography at present. Related languages include Toposa and Turkana, both of which have a level of mutual intelligibility; Blench (2012) counts it as a dialect of Turkana.

Phonology

Vowels

FrontBack
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Near-closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Close-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Open-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosive/
Affricate
Voicelesspronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Voicedpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/
Flappronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.csa.gov.et/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=264&format=raw&Itemid=521 2007 Census