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Nyangatom language

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Native to
  
Ethiopia

Ethnicity
  
Nyangatom

Writing system
  
none

Region
  
Omo River region

Native speakers
  
24,000 (2007 census)

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Eastern Lotuxo-Teso Teso–Turkana Turkana Nyangatom

Nyangatom (also Inyangatom, Donyiro, Dongiro, Idongiro) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic) spoken in Ethiopia by the Nyangatom people. It is an oral language only, having no working orthography at present. Related languages include Toposa and Turkana, both of which have a level of mutual intelligibility; Blench (2012) counts it as a dialect of Turkana.

Vowels

  • Vowel length is contrastive in Nyangatom, as in dʒík 'completely' vs. dʒíík 'always'
  • Before a pause, short vowels carrying a single, simple tone are devoiced.

    • References

    Nyangatom language Wikipedia
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