Jur Modo language
Central Sudanic language of South Sudan
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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
Vowels
Consonants
| 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/ | |||||
