OTHERSOURC:Nachtigal, G. 1939. "Aufzeichnungen über die Mimi-Sprache," Zeitschrift für Eingeborenen-Sprachen 29: 145-54.
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1182
LANGUAGE:Mabang
ALTERNATEN:Maba
LOCATION:E Chad
POPULATION:56,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: Maban
OTHERSOURC:LA
CONSONANTS:
t ṭ k ʔ b d ḍ ɡ ɡ̌ f s š z m n n ̃ ŋ l r
STOPS:b t d ṭ ḍ k ɡ ʔ
AFFRICATES:ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s z š
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ b t l Nc b d ɡ ɡ̌
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
TONES:hi lo ris fall
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN/NG N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:1183
LANGUAGE:Mesalit
ALTERNATEN:Masalit
LOCATION:Chad
POPULATION:100,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: Maban
OTHERSOURC:LA
CONSONANTS:
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
TONES:hi mid lo
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV N-POSS
NUMBER:1184
LANGUAGE:Runga
LOCATION:Chad
POPULATION:43,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: Maban
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:1185
LANGUAGE:Kibet
LOCATION:E Chad
POPULATION:19,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: Maban
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1186
LANGUAGE:Fur
LOCATION:W Sudan (Darfur)
POPULATION:170,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: Fur
GRAMMAR:Beaton, A.C. 1968. A Grammar of the Fur Language. Khartoum: Univ of Khartoum.
OTHERSOURC:LA
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ɡ ɡ̌ f s (h) z m n ñ ŋ l r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s z (h)
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:I ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ɨ ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:ʋ ɔ
LONGVOWELS:ī ē ā ū ō
DIPHTHONGS:ai aw ei ou
TONES:hi lo
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN DN N-NUM POSS-N
PREPPOST:PREP/POST
NUMBER:1187
LANGUAGE:Biltine
ALTERNATEN:Amdang
LOCATION:Chad
POPULATION:15,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: Fur
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1188
LANGUAGE:Meidob
DIALECT:Urrti
LOCATION:NW Sudan (NE Darfur)
POPULATION:30,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Nubian
OTHERSOURC:
Thelwall, Robin. 1983. "Medob Nubian: Phonology, Grammatical Notes and Basic Vocabulary," in Sahelian Linguistic Studies, ed. by M. L. Bender, East Lansing, Michigan State Univ. LA
CONSONANTS:
p t c k b d ɟ ɡ f s š h m n ñ ŋ l ɾ
STOPS:p b t d c ɟ k ɡ
FRICATIVES:f s š h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:ɾ
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ all but h j w
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:I ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u ɔ
LONGVOWELS:ī ē ǝ̄ ā ū ō
SYLLABLE:(C)V(N,L) L= l r
TONES:hi lo
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 4ie 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO GN DN POSS-N
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:1189
LANGUAGE:Birgid
ALTERNATEN:Birked
LOCATION:W Sudan
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Nubian
OTHERSOURC:
Thelwall, Robin. 1977. "A Birgid Vocabulary List and Its Links with Daju," in Gedenkschrift Gustav Nachtigal, Bremen, Übersee-Museum. LA
CONSONANTS:
t c k ʔ b d ɟ ɡ ɸ f s š h z m n ñ ŋ l r ɾ̣
STOPS:b t d c ɟ k ɡ ʔ
FRICATIVES:ɸ f s z š h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r ɾ̣
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ s š ñ t w ɡ n z j d l k r m b ...
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ ɑ ɒ
LONGVOWELS:ī ē ɛ̄ ā ū ō ɑ̄
TONES:hi lo
NOUNNUMBER:s p
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN
NUMBER:1190
LANGUAGE:Debri
ALTERNATEN:Kordofanian Nubian, Dilling, Kadaru
LOCATION:Sudan
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Nubian
OTHERSOURC:
Ayoub, Abd al-Rahman. 1968. The Verbal System in a Dialect of Nubian. Khartoum: Univ of Khartoum. LA
CONSONANTS:
(p) t̪ ṭ k kʷ b bʷ d̪ ḍ ɡ č ɡ̌ f š (h) m n ñ ŋ ŋʷ l r
STOPS:(p) b bʷ t̪ d̪ ṭ ḍ k kʷ ɡ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f š (h)
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ ŋʷ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
TONES:hi mid lo
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN N-NUM POSS-N
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:1191
LANGUAGE:Dongolawi
ALTERNATEN:Dongola, Nubian
LOCATION:N Sudan
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Nubian
DICTIONARY:Armbruster, Charles Hubert. 1965. Dongolese Nubian: A Lexicon. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press.
GRAMMAR:Armbruster, Charles Hubert. 1960. Dongolese Nubian: A Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press.
OTHERSOURC:LA
CONSONANTS:
p t k (ʔ) b d ɡ č ɡ̌ f s š (x) h z ž m n ñ ŋ l r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ (ʔ)
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s z š ž (x) h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
DIPHTHONGS:diphthongs
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)(N)
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:2
ARTICLES:indef
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN DN N-NUM POSS-N
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:1192
LANGUAGE:Mahas
ALTERNATEN:Nobiin
LOCATION:N Sudan
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Nubian
OTHERSOURC:
Bell, Herman. 1968. "The Tone System of Mahas Nubian," JAL 7, 26-32. Bell, Herman. 1971. "The Phonology of Nobı́in Nubian," ALR 9, 115-39. LA
CONSONANTS:
b t̪ k d̪ ɡ č ɡ̌ f s š h m n̪ ñ l̪ r
STOPS:b t̪ d̪ k ɡ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s š h
NASALS:m n̪ ñ
LATERALS:l̪
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ all but ɡ ɡ̌ h
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
TONES:hi lo
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN N-POSS
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:1193
LANGUAGE:Murle
ALTERNATEN:Didinga
LOCATION:Sudan
POPULATION:8,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma
OTHERSOURC:LA
CONSONANTS:
p t̪ (t) (ṭ) k ʔ b ɓ d̪ d ɗ ɡ č ɡ̌ s h v ð z m n ñ ŋ l r
STOPS:
p b ɓ t̪ d̪ (t) d ɗ (ṭ) k ɡ ʔ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:v ð s z h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:Nc
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all but ɛ
TONES:hi mid lo ris fall
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:VSO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:1194
LANGUAGE:Murle
DIALECT:Longarim
LOCATION:Sudan
POPULATION:4,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma
OTHERSOURC:LA
CONSONANTS:
NOUNNUMBER:s p
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:VSO NA NG ND N-NUM/(NUM-N [1]) N-POSS
NUMBER:1195
LANGUAGE:Murle
LOCATION:SW Ethiopia
POPULATION:40,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma
GRAMMAR:GD: Lyth, R. E. 1971. The Murle Language: Grammar and Vocabulary. Khartoum: Univ of Khartoum.
OTHERSOURC:LA
CONSONANTS:
p t k b ɓ d ɗ ɡ č ɡ̌ s h v ð z m n ñ ŋ l r
STOPS:p b ɓ t d ɗ k ɡ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:v ð s z h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:I e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:ʋ o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
DIPHTHONGS:ai au ei ɛi oi ɔi ju
TONES:?
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:VSO NA NG ND N-NUM/(NUM-N [1]) N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP/POST
NUMBER:1196
LANGUAGE:Bale
LOCATION:Sudan
POPULATION:5,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1197
LANGUAGE:Zilmamu
LOCATION:SE Sudan
POPULATION:2,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:1198
LANGUAGE:Majang
ALTERNATEN:Masongo
LOCATION:Ethiopia
POPULATION:28,000
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:VSO
NUMBER:1199
LANGUAGE:Shabo
LOCATION:Ethiopia
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:1200
LANGUAGE:Kwegu
ALTERNATEN:Koegu
LOCATION:Ethiopia
POPULATION:600
CLASSIFICA:Nilo-Saharan: East Sudanic: Eastern: Surma