Southern Burun language

"Mabaan language" redirects here. Not to be confused with Maban languages.

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).

Southern Burun
Tüŋ Mäbaan
Native to	South Sudan, Sudan
Region	Upper Nile–Blue Nile border
Ethnicity	Jumjum
Native speakers	180,000 (2017–2022)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Southern Eastern? Nilotic Western Luo[1] Northern Mabaan–Burun[1] Burun Southern Burun
Dialects	Bwonyin Ulu Twok
Writing system	Arabic Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: mfz – Mabaan jum – Jumjum
Glottolog	maba1272
ELP	Mabaan

Sample Text

Sample texts from "Mabaan Dictionary".^[2]

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.^[3]

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