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Southern Burun
Tüŋ Mäbaan
Native toSouth Sudan, Sudan
RegionUpper NileBlue Nile border
EthnicityJumjum
Native speakers180,000 (2017–2022)
Language familyNilo-Saharan?
Dialects
  • Bwonyin
  • Ulu
  • Twok
Writing systemArabic
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mfz – Mabaan
jum – Jumjum
Glottologmaba1272
ELPMabaan

Southern Burun is a Western Nilotic language of Sudan. It is a dialect continuum with Burun proper (Northern Burun), Mabaan/Ulu, and Jumjum (Arabic: جوم جوم).

Sample Text

Sample texts from "Mabaan Dictionary".

Translation Nyanna, when you go to Mulle's village, ask Mulle for my oil gourd the gourd that she borrowed the other day. When she gives it to you bring it in your hand so that I can pour out some of my oil because I don't have any left.
Latin Script Ñanna,ne i ooddi ban Mullinyɛ,dala ne i toocca Mulliti te lwañgɔn ’ya lwañgɔn ’uannɛ ɛkɛ oŋiti. Dala ne i ’wondi owwa bieŋiti aŋka ’ya buaga luayi ñɔn ’ya acaan ’ya balka gɛɛl moki bɛɛ.

Phonology

These are from the Jumjum dialect.

Vowels

Burun has 8 vowels. All vowels have long equivalents.

Front Back
unrounded rounded
Close i u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid
Open-mid ɛ ʌ ɔ
Open a

Consonants

Burun has 20 consonants.

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ g
Fricative voiceless θ
voiced ð
Nasal m ɱ n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w l j
Trill r

References

  1. ^ Mabaan at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) [REDACTED]
    Jumjum at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) [REDACTED]
  2. Mabaan dictionary (Archive)
  3. "PHOIBLE Online -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
Eastern Sudanic languages
Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Northern k languages
Nubian
Hill Nubian
Nara
Nyima
Taman
Southern n languages
Surmic
North
Southeast
Southwest
Eastern Jebel
Temein
Daju
Eastern
Western
NiloticLarge group listed below
Nilotic languages
Eastern
Bari
Teso–Turkana
Lotuko
Ongamo–Maa
Western
Dinka–Nuer
Luo
Northern
Southern
Burun
Southern
Kalenjin
Elgon
Nandi–Markweta
Okiek–Mosiro
Pökoot
Omotik–Datooga
Italics indicate extinct languages

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