Alur language
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| Alur | |
|---|---|
| Lur | |
| Region | Orientale Province (Democratic Republic of Congo), Nebbi and Zombo districts of Uganda |
| Ethnicity | Alur |
Native speakers | (1.7 million cited 2001–2014)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | alz |
| Glottolog | alur1250 |
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Alur (Dho-Alur [d̟ɔ.a.lur]) is a Western Nilotic language spoken in the southern West Nile region of Uganda and the northeastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The language's subdialects are Jokot, Jonam/Lo-Naam (mainly spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mambisa and Wanyoro.[2]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Vowels
[edit | edit source]Alur has 9 vowels.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | ä |
Consonants
[edit | edit source]Alur has 23 consonants.
| Labial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | p b | t̟ d̟ | t d | k ɡ | ||||
| Fricative | f v | s z | h | |||||
| Affricate | tʃ dʒ | |||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
Orthography
[edit | edit source]The Alur language has no officially accepted orthography. Some informal conventions have been established in written materials and road signs.
There is usually no written tonal distinction. Second, the phonemic distinction between /ŋ/ and /ng/ is occasionally reflected in the orthography, with /ŋ/ represented by 'ŋ' and /ng/ represented by 'ng'. However, /ŋ/ is also frequently written as 'ng', confusing it orthographically with /ng/.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Alur at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
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External links
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