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Jur Modo
Native to	South Sudan
Ethnicity	Jur Modo
Native speakers	180,000 (2017)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Bongo–Baka Jur Modo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bex`
Glottolog	`jurm1239`
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Jur Modo, also known as Jur or Modo, is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Jur Modo people of South Sudan. Dialects are Lori, Modo (Jur Modo, Modo Lali), Wira, Wetu. It is a tonal language.

Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial-velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/	ny /ɲ/	ŋ /ŋ/	ŋm /ŋ͡m/
Plosive	prenasal	mb /m͡b/	nd /n͡d/	nj /ɲ͡ɟ/	ŋg /ŋ͡ɡ/	ŋb /ŋ͡b/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/	j /ɟ/	g /ɡ/	gb /ɡ͡b/
	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/	c /c/	k /k/	kp /k͡p/	ʾ /ʔ/
	implosive	ʾb /ɓ/	ʾd /ɗ/	ʾj /ʄ/
Fricative	prenasal		nz /n͡z/
	voiced	(v /v/)	z /z/
	voiceless	f /f/	s /s/				h /h/
Rhotic			r /r/
Lateral			l /l/
Semivowel		w /w/		y /j/

Persson, Andrew M. and Persson, Janet R. 1991. Mödö-English dictionary with grammar. (Bilingual Dictionaries of Sudan, 1.) 1st edn. Nairobi: Sudan: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Persson, Janet. 2004. Bongo-Bagirmi languages in Sudan. Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 9. 77-84.

v t e Languages of South Sudan
Official language	English Arabic
Indigenous languages	Acholi Aja Avokaya Baale Bai Baka Bari Belanda Viri Beli Bongo Daasanach Didinga Dinka Dongotono Homa Indri Juba Arabic Jur Jur Modo Kaligi Kresh Kuku Laarim Lango Lokoya Lopit Lotuko Mangaya Moru Murle Naka Ndogo Nuer Olu’bo Opuo Shilluk Suri Togoyo Toposa West Banda Zande
Main foreign languages	Arabic Malay

Baka Bongo
Morokodo–Beli	Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

East	Kabba of Gore Laka Lau Laka Ngambay
Central	Doba
West	Dagba Gulay Horo Mbay Ngam Sar

Yulu

Fongoro?

Sinyar?

Birri–Kresh

Birri	Birri
Kresh	Aja Dongo Furu Kresh (Dara–Gboko, Kresh–Hofra, Naka, Ndogo, Woro)

Lendu–Mangbetu

Moru	Moru
Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi
Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Mimi-D?

Italics indicate extinct languages

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