Mandari dialect explained

Mandari
Also Known As:Kir
Region:South Sudan
Ethnicity:Mundari
Speakers:70,000
Date:2014
Ref:e25
Script:Latin
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic?
Fam3:Southern Eastern?
Fam4:Nilotic
Fam5:Eastern
Fam6:Bari
Iso3:mqu
Glotto:mand1425
Glottorefname:Mandari

Mandari (also written Mundari) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by the Mundari people of South Sudan.

Writing system

Mandari alphabet
UppercaseA Ä B ʼB D ʼDE Ë G I Ï JK L M N
Lowercasea ä b ʼb d ʼde ë g i ï jk l m n
Pronunciation in IPAa ə b ɓ d ɗɛ e g ɪ i ɟ/d͡ʒk l m n
UppercaseNY Ŋ O Ö PR S T U ÜW Y ʼY ʼ
Lowercaseny ŋ o ö pr s t u üw y ʼy ʼ
Pronunciation in IPAɲ ŋ ɔ o pr s t ʊ uw j ʄ ʔ

Tones

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mandari language, pronunciation, and alphabet . Omniglot . 27 August 2021.