Anuak language

Anuak or Anywaa is a Luo language which belongs to the western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. It is spoken primarily in the western part of Ethiopia and also in South Sudan by the Anuak people. Other names for this language include: Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro.^[1] Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster.^[2] The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions, which also includes glossed texts.

Anuak
Dha Anywaa
Native to	Ethiopia, South Sudan
Region	Gambela, Greater Upper Nile
Ethnicity	Anuak
Native speakers	220,000 (2007–2017)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Southern Eastern Nilotic Western Luo Northern Anuak
Writing system	Ge'ez, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	anu
Glottolog	anua1242

Phonology

Anuak is notable for lacking phonemic fricatives.^[2]

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n̪	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ affricate	fortis	p	t̪	t	c	k
	lenis	b	d̪	d	ɟ	ɡ
Approximant		w		l	j
Trill				r

Vowels

	Front	Back
		Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i iː		u uː
Near-Close	ɪ ɪː		ʊ ʊː
Close-mid	e eː		o oː
Open-mid	ɛ ɛː	ʌ ʌː	ɔ ɔː
Open	a aː

Diphthongs

	Front	Back
Close	ie	uo
Near-Close	ɪɛ	ʊɔ

Tones

Description	IPA
Rising	˩˥
High	˦
Mid	˧
Low	˨