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Nyangatom language

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Nyangatom
Native toEthiopia
RegionOmo River region
EthnicityNyangatom
Native speakers
24,000 (2007 census)[1]
none
Language codes
ISO 639-3nnj
Glottolognyan1315
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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

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Vowels

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Front Back
Close i u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a
  • Vowel length is contrastive in Nyangatom, as in dʒík 'completely' vs. dʒíík 'always'
  • Before a pause, short vowels carrying a single, simple tone are devoiced.

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive/
Affricate
Voiceless p t t͡ʃ k
Voiced b d d͡ʒ ɡ
Fricative s
Flap r
Approximant w l j

Bibliography

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  • Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. 2007. "Ñaŋatom language" in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol 3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp. 1131–1132.

References

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