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Southern Burun language

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Native to
  
South Sudan, Sudan

Native speakers
  
(75,000 cited 1987)

Ethnicity
  
Jumjum, Mabaan

Dialects
  
Mabaan Ulu Jumjum

Region
  
Upper Nile–Blue Nile border

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Western Nilotic Burun Southern Burun

Southern Burun is a Nilotic language of Sudan. It is a dialect continuum with Burun proper (Northern Burun), Mabaan/Ulu, and Jumjum (Arabic: جومجوم(?)).

References

Southern Burun language Wikipedia