Native to Ethiopia, South Sudan ISO 639-3 anu | Ethnicity Anuak people | |
Region Gambela Region, Upper Nile State Native speakers (140,000 cited 1991–2007) Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
Western Nilotic
Luo
Northern
Jur
Anuak | ||
Anuak or Anywa is a Nilotic language of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It is spoken primarily in the Western part of Ethiopia by the Anuak. Other names for this language include: Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro. Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster. The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions, which also includes glossed texts.
Anywa does not have phonemic fricatives.
References
Anuak language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA