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Sungor language

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In the following tables, 'R' marks the verb-root, 'V' signals a vowel, sounds in brackets '()' only sometimes occur, sounds in squared brackets '' only rarely occur, and '/' signals different realizations according to the context of an utterance, '-' is used to signal affixes.
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change depending on class and number. Lukas lists 31 different suffix pairs which do not necessarily constitute separate noun classes. There are six ways of forming plurals in Sungor:
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Dimmendaal, Gerrit J.; Ahland, Colleen; Jakobi, Angelica; Kutsch Lojenga, Constance (2019). "Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as 'Nilo-Saharan'".
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The verbs can be put into three groups depending on the plural-affix they take. While verbs in Group I & II follow a regular patter, group III consists of irregular affixation.
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Sungor has locative adverbs, temporal adverbs, and adverbs of manner. Adverbs in Sungor are not well attested for. Some examples of locative adverbs are 'here'
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Imperatives in Sungor differ based on the present tense verb group a word falls into. The positive singular imperative for verbs that end in
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has the root ēn. Verb roots are usually monosyllabic or disyllabic. Prefixes mark the person, whereas suffixes mark time and mood.
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A small number of words form the singular from a collective plural. Examples are 'witch' émet | émē (Sg. -t), 'horse'
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Bombay, Elaine (2007). "Enquête sociolinguistique sur les langues tama et assangori parlers du Tchad et du Soudan".
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Other plurals only take a suffix. Some arabic loanwords fall into this category. Examples include 'heart'
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To differentiate whether 'someone' refers to a man or woman, the respective terms follow. 'Man' is
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exist in Sungor. However, due to a lack in research, auxiliaries are not well documented.
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Both negatives of preterite I & II are derived from the positive by adding the suffix
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The plural is formed by adding a conditional suffix to a plural suffix, e.g. 'if I count'
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Some words are irregular in the way that they form a plural. Some examples are 'woman'
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Voeglin, C. F.; Voeglin, F. M. (1964). "Languages of the World: Africa Fascicle One".
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if the verb root contains back vowels (o, u). If the positive form takes the suffix
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Sungor Demonstratives are quite underresearched. Examples are 'this' translating to
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In the present tense, verbs can be further divided up into those that have suffix
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Lukas lists one example of pluralisation where the vocal length is changed 'cow'
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In Sungor, adjectives follow and agree with the noun, for example 'white clay'
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Most plurals are formed by changing the class suffix. Some examples are 'skin'
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Verbs inflect by addition of affixes to a word root. For example, 'I birth'
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is the verb root, although there are some exceptions. Verbs that end in
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Negation happens by adding a suffix. A positive form with the suffix
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are needed. Negative imperatives are follow the either the schemata
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Ordinals are derived from the cardinal numbers by adding suffixes -
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To indicate how often something happens/has happened, Sungor uses
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might not be an adjective in itself since it can be divided into
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being the term for 'every'. Other indefinite pronouns are 'some'
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suffixes can sometimes be added onto the present tense suffixes
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Adjectives form plurals by adding a suffix, e.g. 'small, young'
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Numbers become adverbial when they follow the arabic loanword
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with some researchers speaking of a Tama-Assangori continuum.
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Erenga basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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and the corresponding ordinal number, e.g. 'the first time'
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These conditionals have a future meaning, e.g. 'I counted'
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Interrogatives lack research as well. 'Who' translates to
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Die Sprache der Sungor in Wadai (Aus Nachtigals Nachlaß)
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Future tense conditionals are formed by adding suffix
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Following this same pattern, 'everyone' translates to
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if the verb root contains front vowels (a, e, i) or
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Sungor is spoken in an area located to the south of
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In the plural form 1427:Temporal adverbs are, for example, 'daily' 961:Plurals can be formed by adding the suffix 3199: 3190: 3061: 3026: 2872: 2863: 2848: 2761: 2604: 2595: 2578: 2391: 2382: 2365: 2339: 2325: 2317: 247:Sungor is classified as Vulnerable by the 239: 18: 561:/r/ may be articulated as a trill or tap. 2128:Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique 1912: 1723: 1536: 1300: 971: 728: 612:Plurals are mostly formed by suffixion. 402: 2122: 2120: 2118: 2089: 850:Possessive pronouns in Sungor stand in 577:, though this is still underresearched. 16:Nilo-Saharan language of Chad and Sudan 337:with a high and low tone, e.g. 'worm' 2187: 2185: 2183: 2181: 2179: 2177: 2175: 2173: 2171: 2169: 2167: 2165: 2163: 1875:(preterite I) and 'if I will count' 1728: 145: 7: 2280: 2278: 2262: 2260: 2258: 2256: 2254: 2252: 2250: 2248: 2205: 2203: 2161: 2159: 2157: 2155: 2153: 2151: 2149: 2147: 2145: 2143: 1692:the negative form takes the suffix 2212:Journal of Language Survey Reports 2006:Lukas suspects the future marker - 1502:(Sg. -t, Pl. -ŋa), 'ripe, mature' 627:(Singular -a, Plural -iŋ), 'love' 14: 286:branch. It is closely related to 2107: 264:Assangorior, Assangor, Assangori 705:(Sg. -da, Pl. -at), 'wild cat' 2130:. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. 309:in Sudan. It is spoken by the 1: 945:literally 'every human' with 567:/ɣ/ seems to be adopted from 380:which trigger the root vowel 372:Another example are suffixes 353:which trigger the root vowel 2358:Nilo-Saharan language family 1649:take one of three suffixes: 908:as an alternative expression 551:Final position plosives are 249:Endangered Languages Project 2295:10.13140/RG.2.2.28208.51208 2227:Anthropological Linguistics 3389: 1903:nagarnáŋiŋa | nagarnáŋiŋto 1506:(Pl. -o), 'older brother' 877:and 'that translating to ệ 305:) in Chad, as well as in 3337: 2862: 2847: 2594: 2577: 2394: 2381: 2364: 2354: 2348:Eastern Sudanic languages 1977: 1952: 1927: 1917: 1819: 1788: 1767: 1752: 1733: 1730: 1603: 1578: 1551: 1541: 1305: 811: 777: 746: 733: 714:ī | īrin, 'dog' wī | wḗā, 631:(Sg. -ī, Pl. -ā), 'name' 238: 33: 26: 2834:Large group listed below 2049:For plurals, the prefix 1883:and 'if I will request' 685:or non-arabic 'grandpa' 654:(Pl. -ē or -ī), 'mouth' 333:Sungor is most likely a 2267:Edgar, John T. (1990). 573:Sungor appears to show 392:changing into 'houses' 365:changing into 'ravens' 2356:Part of the proposed 2126:Rilly, Claude. 2010. 2021:and 'if I will know' 919:The word for 'human' 854:, e.g. 'his brother' 2045:, and in some cases 297:and to the north of 282:and a member of the 274:language of eastern 2956:Lango (South Sudan) 1914: 1897:| 'I did not play' 1725: 1538: 1302: 973: 730: 404: 88:100,000 (2023) 3368:Languages of Sudan 2269:Tama Group Lexicon 2192:Lukas, J. (1938). 1913: 1901:(preterite I) and 1724: 1716:remains the same. 1537: 1301: 972: 862:e.g. 'our hearts' 729: 646:(Pl. -ā), 'human' 637:miselem | muselmīn 403: 3373:Languages of Chad 3350: 3349: 3344:extinct languages 3333: 3332: 3329: 3328: 3325: 3324: 3300: 3299: 3180: 3179: 3153: 3152: 3016: 3015: 2855:Nilotic languages 2843: 2842: 2839: 2838: 2823: 2822: 2690: 2689: 2573: 2572: 2569: 2568: 2493: 2492: 2105:(27th ed., 2024) 2002: 2001: 1998:(t)-(V)R(V)-saie 1850: 1849: 1778: 1628: 1627: 1574: 1508:jō dud | jṓā dútū 1471:Adverbial numbers 1392: 1391: 1313: 1284: 1283: 1272:tíli kus ge másī 845: 842: 841: 664:oróyik | oroyikiŋ 658:(Pl. -ō), 'head' 602:noun class system 548: 547: 257: 256: 28:Bognak-Asungorung 3380: 3200: 3191: 3062: 3027: 2873: 2864: 2857: 2849: 2762: 2605: 2596: 2579: 2392: 2383: 2366: 2341: 2334: 2327: 2318: 2299: 2298: 2282: 2273: 2272: 2264: 2243: 2242: 2222: 2216: 2215: 2207: 2198: 2197: 2189: 2138: 2124: 2113: 2112: 2111: 2094: 1987:(t)-(V)R(V)-sai 1915: 1905:(preterite II). 1893:e.g. 'I played' 1829:same as Group 1 1798:same as Group 1 1777: 1765:n-VR(V)(V)-ŋVŋV 1762:same as Group 1 1759:n-(V)R(V)(V)-ŋV 1726: 1665:| 'if we count' 1573: 1539: 1312: 1306:Ordinal Numbers 1303: 1122:mía o tíli másī 974: 900:, and 'what' to 844: 731: 683:zāmela | zwāmel, 662:(Pl. -ū), 'lip' 405: 384:to be raised to 357:to be raised to 251: 243: 234: 208: 192: 185: 167: 115:Northern Eastern 98: 19: 3388: 3387: 3383: 3382: 3381: 3379: 3378: 3377: 3363:Taman languages 3353: 3352: 3351: 3346: 3321: 3296: 3280: 3264: 3221: 3176: 3149: 3101: 3051: 3012: 2975: 2939: 2899: 2858: 2853: 2835: 2819: 2781: 2751: 2723: 2686: 2650: 2619: 2590: 2565: 2532: 2509: 2489: 2434: 2377: 2360: 2350: 2345: 2308: 2303: 2302: 2284: 2283: 2276: 2266: 2265: 2246: 2224: 2223: 2219: 2209: 2208: 2201: 2191: 2190: 2141: 2125: 2116: 2106: 2095: 2091: 2086: 2074: 2031: 2017:e.g. 'to know' 1948:n-(V)R(V)-saie 1945:n-(V)R(V)sinye 1911: 1855:Preterite tense 1776:n-(V)R(V)-nyVŋV 1768:not documented 1722: 1531: 1516: 1494:and 'red clay' 1488: 1473: 1455:, 'impossible' 1409: 1332:ícana / ícenaí 1324:wórna / wórēna 1316:korna / korena 1289: 1287:Ordinal Numbers 1164:mer kibesterek 1096:mía o tíli war 970: 917: 890: 875:iŋ, plural iŋkō 871: 739:Oblique/Obejct 727: 669:There are some 610: 594: 584: 401: 331: 321:So far, Sungor 319: 272:Eastern Sudanic 268:Songor, Asongor 253: 252: 246: 230: 204: 188: 181: 168: 163: 142: 110:Eastern Sudanic 99: 96:Language family 94: 85: 84:Native speakers 17: 12: 11: 5: 3386: 3384: 3376: 3375: 3370: 3365: 3355: 3354: 3348: 3347: 3338: 3335: 3334: 3331: 3330: 3327: 3326: 3323: 3322: 3320: 3319: 3314: 3308: 3306: 3305:Omotik–Datooga 3302: 3301: 3298: 3297: 3295: 3294: 3288: 3286: 3282: 3281: 3279: 3278: 3272: 3270: 3266: 3265: 3263: 3262: 3257: 3252: 3247: 3242: 3237: 3231: 3229: 3227:Nandi–Markweta 3223: 3222: 3220: 3219: 3214: 3208: 3206: 3197: 3188: 3182: 3181: 3178: 3177: 3175: 3174: 3172:Southern Burun 3169: 3167:Northern Burun 3163: 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2110: 2104: 2103: 2098: 2093: 2090: 2083: 2081: 2079: 2071: 2069: 2068: 2064: 2060: 2056: 2053:and suffixes 2052: 2048: 2044: 2040: 2036: 2028: 2026: 2024: 2023:ninjilisáiŋnē 2020: 2016: 2011: 2009: 2004: 1997: 1994: 1991: 1990: 1986: 1983: 1980: 1976: 1973:(V)R(V)-saie 1972: 1969: 1966: 1965: 1961: 1958: 1955: 1951: 1947: 1944: 1941: 1940: 1936: 1934:n-(V)R(V)sai 1933: 1930: 1926: 1922: 1919: 1916: 1908: 1906: 1904: 1900: 1896: 1892: 1887: 1886: 1882: 1878: 1874: 1870: 1865: 1864: 1860: 1856: 1852: 1845: 1842: 1839: 1836: 1835: 1832:R(V)(V)-ŋVŋV 1831: 1828: 1825: 1822: 1818: 1814: 1811: 1808: 1805: 1804: 1800: 1797: 1794: 1791: 1787: 1783: 1780: 1775: 1772: 1771: 1764: 1761: 1758: 1755: 1751: 1747: 1744: 1741: 1738: 1737: 1734:Preterite II 1727: 1719: 1717: 1715: 1711: 1707: 1703: 1699: 1695: 1691: 1687: 1683: 1679: 1674: 1672: 1668: 1664: 1660: 1656: 1652: 1648: 1643: 1641: 1638:(Group I) or 1637: 1632: 1630: 1623: 1620: 1617: 1616: 1612: 1609: 1606: 1602: 1598: 1595: 1592: 1591: 1587: 1584: 1581: 1577: 1571: 1568: 1565: 1564: 1560: 1557: 1554: 1550: 1546: 1543: 1540: 1535: 1528: 1526: 1523: 1521: 1513: 1511: 1509: 1505: 1501: 1497: 1493: 1485: 1483: 1482: 1478: 1470: 1468: 1466: 1462: 1458: 1454: 1450: 1447:, 'tomorrow' 1446: 1442: 1438: 1434: 1430: 1426: 1422: 1418: 1414: 1406: 1404: 1403: 1399: 1394: 1387: 1384: 1383: 1379: 1376: 1375: 1371: 1368: 1367: 1363: 1360: 1359: 1355: 1352: 1351: 1347: 1344: 1343: 1339: 1336: 1335: 1331: 1328: 1327: 1323: 1320: 1319: 1315: 1310: 1309: 1304: 1299: 1298: 1294: 1286: 1280: 1278: 1276: 1274: 1271: 1268: 1266: 1264: 1263: 1260: 1258: 1256: 1254: 1251: 1248: 1246: 1244: 1243: 1240: 1238: 1236: 1234: 1231: 1228: 1226: 1224: 1223: 1220: 1218: 1216: 1214: 1211: 1208: 1205: 1202: 1201: 1198: 1196: 1193: 1190: 1188:mer ukṹterek 1187: 1184: 1181: 1178: 1177: 1174: 1172: 1169: 1166: 1163: 1160: 1157: 1154: 1153: 1150: 1148: 1145: 1142: 1140:mer kalterek 1139: 1136: 1133: 1130: 1129: 1126: 1124: 1121: 1118: 1116:mer tórterek 1115: 1112: 1109: 1106: 1105: 1101: 1098: 1095: 1092: 1090:mer masterek 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1079: 1075: 1072: 1069: 1066: 1063: 1060: 1057: 1054: 1053: 1049: 1046: 1043: 1040: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1028: 1027: 1023: 1020: 1017: 1014: 1012:mer warterek 1011: 1008: 1005: 1002: 1001: 997: 994: 991: 988: 986:mer konterek 985: 982: 979: 976: 975: 967: 965: 964: 960: 956: 953:'everything' 952: 948: 944: 940: 937: 933: 930: 926: 922: 914: 912: 911: 907: 903: 899: 896:, 'which' to 895: 888:Interrogative 887: 885: 884: 880: 876: 869:Demonstrative 868: 866: 865: 864:omulu uŋunuŋ. 861: 857: 853: 848: 846: 837: 834: 831: 828: 827: 823: 820: 817: 814: 810: 807: 803: 800: 797: 794: 793: 789: 786: 783: 780: 776: 772: 769: 766: 763: 762: 758: 755: 752: 749: 745: 741: 738: 735: 732: 724: 719: 718:mēat | mīnyak 716:'blacksmith' 715: 711: 708: 704: 703:ferda | fērat 700: 698: 695: 691: 688: 684: 680: 676: 675:fik | fókora, 672: 668: 665: 661: 657: 653: 649: 645: 641: 638: 634: 630: 626: 623: 619: 618: 617: 615: 607: 605: 603: 599: 596:Sungor, like 591: 589: 587: 581: 576: 572: 570: 566: 563: 560: 557: 554: 550: 549: 544: 542: 540: 537: 534: 532: 529: 528: 525: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 509: 508: 504: 501: 499: 496: 493: 490: 487: 486: 483: 481: 479: 477: 474: 472: 469: 468: 465: 462: 460: 458: 455: 452: 449: 448: 445: 442: 440: 438: 435: 432: 429: 428: 424: 421: 418: 415: 412: 409: 407: 406: 398: 396: 395: 391: 387: 383: 379: 375: 371: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 336: 328: 326: 324: 316: 314: 312: 311:Sungor people 308: 304: 300: 296: 291: 289: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 265: 261: 250: 242: 237: 233: 229: 227: 223: 220: 217: 215: 211: 207: 203: 201: 200: 195: 191: 187: 184: 179: 174: 170: 166: 160: 154: 151: 150: 149: 131: 128: 127: 126: 123: 122: 121: 118: 117: 116: 113: 112: 111: 108: 107: 105: 101: 97: 91: 87: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: 60: 57: 53: 50: 46: 43: 39: 36: 32: 29: 25: 20: 3339: 3269:Okiek–Mosiro 3113:Southern Luo 2993: 2905:Teso–Turkana 2792: 2585: 2555: 2467: 2425: 2398: 2372: 2286: 2268: 2230: 2226: 2220: 2211: 2193: 2127: 2100: 2092: 2075: 2066: 2062: 2058: 2054: 2050: 2046: 2042: 2038: 2034: 2032: 2022: 2018: 2014: 2012: 2007: 2005: 2003: 1962:(V)R(V)-sai 1959:(V)R(V)-sai 1902: 1898: 1894: 1890: 1888: 1885:nisekḗŋiŋne. 1884: 1880: 1876: 1872: 1868: 1866: 1862: 1858: 1853: 1851: 1815:VR(V)-nyVŋV 1812:(V)R-g/kaŋa 1731:Preterite I 1713: 1709: 1705: 1701: 1697: 1693: 1689: 1685: 1681: 1677: 1675: 1670: 1666: 1662: 1658: 1654: 1650: 1647:conditionals 1644: 1642:(Group II). 1639: 1635: 1633: 1631: 1629: 1532: 1524: 1519: 1517: 1507: 1503: 1500:elit | eliŋa 1499: 1495: 1491: 1489: 1480: 1479:e.g. 'once' 1476: 1474: 1464: 1460: 1456: 1452: 1448: 1444: 1440: 1436: 1432: 1428: 1424: 1420: 1419:, 'between' 1416: 1412: 1410: 1401: 1397: 1395: 1393: 1296: 1292: 1290: 1064:mer kúserek 1024:ta elf wárē 962: 958: 957:or 'nobody' 954: 950: 946: 942: 938: 935: 931: 928: 924: 920: 918: 909: 905: 901: 897: 893: 891: 882: 878: 874: 872: 863: 859: 855: 852:postposition 849: 847: 843: 824:an(er) / un 805: 773:oŋon / uŋun 717: 713: 707:lūlut | lǘlu 706: 702: 696: 693: 686: 682: 678: 674: 663: 659: 655: 651: 647: 644:ámel | ámelā 643: 636: 632: 629:tárī | tárā 628: 624: 621: 611: 600:, follows a 595: 592:Noun classes 588: 585: 530:Affricative 510:Approximant 393: 389: 385: 381: 377: 373: 369: 366: 362: 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 332: 320: 292: 278:and western 267: 263: 259: 258: 226:Linguasphere 197: 129: 104:Nilo-Saharan 34: 27: 3077:Belanda Bor 2737:Keiga Jirru 2458:El Hugeirat 2440:Hill Nubian 2078:auxiliaries 2072:Auxiliaries 1995:R(V)-sinye 1978:3rd person 1953:2nd person 1928:1st person 1877:noto̯yiŋne, 1846:R(V)-nyVŋV 1840:R(V)-nyVŋV 1826:R(V)(V)-ŋV 1820:3rd person 1789:2nd person 1753:1st person 1710:kāto/-kōto, 1700:(sometimes 1604:3rd person 1579:2nd person 1572:n-(V)R-e/ge 1569:n-(V)R-nye 1558:n-(V)R-e/i 1552:1st person 1435:, 'always' 1429:abad hḯnik, 1402:mar korena. 1050:ta elf íca 1044:mía o wárē 1038:mer icerek 934:'woman' is 812:3rd person 778:2nd person 747:1st person 742:Possessive 687:anat | ónut 553:neutralized 155:Walad Dulla 125:Tama–Sungor 3357:Categories 3030:Dinka–Nuer 2981:Ongamo–Maa 2913:Karamojong 2800:Daju Mongo 2427:Old Nubian 2233:(5): 226. 2102:Ethnologue 2084:References 2043:-a, -o, -e 2029:Imperative 1899:nagarnáŋto 1881:nisekḗŋiŋa 1869:-ne | -nē. 1667:noto̯nyane 1599:(V)R-e/ge 1561:n-(V)R-i/ 1486:Adjectives 1459:. 'Maybe' 1415:, 'there' 1212:tíli wárē 1146:míat wárē 1070:mía o mer 1018:mía o kor 915:Indefinite 818:ési / ísē 790:nor / nur 666:(Pl. -iŋ). 660:ŋor | ŋūrū 656:kul | kulō 639:(Pl. -īn). 633:iget | igā 575:gemination 488:Fricative 470:Trill/Tap 399:Consonants 341:and 'big' 3342:indicate 3212:Kupsabiny 2951:Dongotono 2933:Nyangatom 2655:Southwest 2624:Southeast 2588:languages 2584:Southern 2551:Miisiirii 2406:Dongolawi 2375:languages 2371:Northern 1984:R(V)-sai 1981:singular 1956:singular 1931:singular 1923:Group II 1895:nagarnáŋa 1843:R-g/kaŋa 1823:singular 1792:singular 1756:singular 1748:Group II 1742:Group II 1714:-ato/-oto 1708:becomes - 1663:noto̯yanē 1621:R-(i)nye 1607:singular 1596:(V)R-nye 1585:(V)R-e/i 1582:singular 1555:singular 1547:Group II 1496:ōsu arak. 1372:kíbiseno 1252:tíli kus 1232:tíli íca 1194:míat kus 1170:míat íca 1102:míat elf 1076:elf másī 881:, plural 815:singular 781:singular 767:wē / wui 759:nar / na 750:singular 677:'robber' 413:Alveolar 323:phonology 317:Phonology 232:05-DAA-ae 219:Assangori 199:Glottolog 183:ISO 639-3 171:Unwritten 69:Ethnicity 35:Assangori 3240:Kipsigis 3195:Kalenjin 3186:Southern 3106:Southern 3065:Northern 2239:30022465 1920:Group I 1873:notộyiŋa 1745:Group I 1739:Group I 1588:(V)R-i/ 1544:Group I 1481:mar kor. 1431:'today' 1423:'above' 1361:seventh 943:at kíro, 838:ōn / ūn 835:ésiŋkoŋ 753:wa / wo 736:Subject 725:Pronouns 681:, 'pet' 648:at | árē 614:Suffixes 586:Source: 430:Plosive 425:Glottal 419:Palatal 270:) is an 206:assa1269 147:Dialects 3340:Italics 3312:Datooga 3245:Markwet 3092:Shilluk 3022:Western 3001:Samburu 2928:Turkana 2893:Mandari 2868:Eastern 2829:Nilotic 2786:Western 2772:Logorik 2765:Eastern 2667:Didinga 2546:Mararit 2528:Nyimang 2463:Ghulfan 2453:Dilling 2067:VR-ēto. 2063:VR-aito 1992:plural 1967:plural 1942:plural 1837:plural 1806:plural 1773:plural 1698:-(V)kto 1659:-(V)ne. 1651:-(V)ŋne 1624:R-e/ge 1618:plural 1593:plural 1566:plural 1529:Present 1492:ōsu aek 1407:Adverbs 1388:mérena 1369:eighth 1364:kálena 1356:tṓrena 1348:másena 1340:kúsono 1337:fourth 1321:second 1099:100000 968:Numbers 902:nímmōrī 829:plural 795:plural 764:plural 694:tḛ | tệ 625:| geriŋ 608:Plurals 582:Grammar 569:Arabic. 410:Labial 347:-u,-uk, 303:Ouaddaï 295:Biltine 59:Ouaddaï 3317:Omotik 3292:Pökoot 3285:Pökoot 3250:Naandi 3217:Sabaot 3133:Dholuo 3123:Adhola 3118:Acholi 2989:Maasai 2961:Lokoya 2944:Lotuko 2923:Toposa 2805:Nyolge 2742:Temein 2729:Temein 2719:Sillok 2682:Tennet 2677:Laarim 2615:Majang 2600:Surmic 2556:Sungor 2523:Afitti 2475:Kadaru 2469:Haraza 2421:Nobiin 2400:Birgid 2387:Nubian 2237:  2134:  2097:Sungor 2051:k-(V)- 1909:Future 1712:while 1680:takes 1669:(from 1610:R-e/i 1465:tấ-sei 1457:tấsoto 1449:súsekē 1443:'now' 1425:óroyē. 1421:rēnik, 1385:tenth 1380:úkuno 1377:ninth 1353:sixth 1345:fifth 1329:third 955:híniŋ, 856:bet an 450:Nasal 422:Velar 329:Vowels 307:Darfur 262:(also 260:Sungor 152:Sungor 130:Sungor 77:Erenga 73:Sungor 63:Darfur 55:Region 22:Sungor 3276:Ogiek 3260:Tugen 3255:Terik 3235:Keiyo 3204:Elgon 3159:Burun 3138:Kumam 3097:Thuri 3072:Anuak 3037:Dinka 3006:Camus 2995:Ngasa 2971:Otuho 2966:Lopit 2810:Nyala 2794:Beigo 2777:Shatt 2672:Murle 2662:Baale 2641:Mursi 2636:Meʼen 2631:Kwegu 2608:North 2538:Taman 2515:Nyima 2480:Karko 2416:Midob 2411:Kenzi 2235:JSTOR 2076:Some 2015:-ŋnē, 1702:-kāto 1657:, or 1613:R-i/ 1514:Verbs 1461:tấsei 1453:tấsei 1437:dīman 1311:first 1158:kibs 1084:másī 1073:5000 1047:3000 1021:2000 1006:wárē 995:1000 963:-guŋ. 951:kōra, 883:ệŋgo. 832:ésiŋ 821:ésiŋ 806:ḗŋkun 502:x, ɣ 443:k, g 436:t, d 394:wἐlί. 349:and - 284:Taman 280:Sudan 120:Taman 49:Sudan 3128:Alur 3087:Päri 3047:Reel 3042:Nuer 2918:Teso 2888:Kuku 2883:Bari 2876:Bari 2815:Sila 2757:Daju 2747:Tese 2714:Molo 2709:Kelo 2704:Gaam 2646:Suri 2561:Tama 2505:Nara 2498:Nara 2485:Wali 2448:Dair 2132:ISBN 2019:njel 1891:-to, 1861:and 1720:Past 1706:-kto 1686:-oto 1682:-ato 1655:-kne 1520:nḗne 1477:mar, 1445:hása 1441:ệrē, 1433:dấdo 1417:ḗŋdē 1413:índi 1295:or - 1206:mer 1191:400 1182:úku 1167:300 1143:200 1134:kal 1119:150 1110:tor 1093:120 1067:110 1058:kus 1041:102 1032:íca 1015:101 998:elf 992:mía 989:100 980:kor 947:kíro 925:árī. 898:nấnē 894:nấrē 804:ō / 801:eiŋ 770:wēŋ 756:waŋ 622:gera 598:Tama 376:and 367:gɔrú 363:gárá 299:Adré 288:Tama 276:Chad 45:Chad 3082:Jur 3057:Luo 2291:doi 2099:at 2065:or 2057:or 2047:-i. 1863:-e. 1696:or 1694:-to 1690:-i, 1673:). 1398:mar 1297:no. 1269:45 1249:40 1229:30 1209:20 1203:10 1185:19 1161:18 1137:17 1113:16 1087:15 1061:14 1035:13 1009:12 983:11 959:lō. 932:ma, 906:nim 904:or 798:ai 787:īŋ 652:árī 650:or 538:dʒ 535:ts 390:wál 386:/ɛ/ 382:/a/ 378:-iŋ 359:/ɔ/ 355:/a/ 343:dùt 339:dút 214:ELP 190:sjg 3359:: 2289:. 2277:^ 2247:^ 2229:. 2202:^ 2142:^ 2117:^ 2059:-o 2055:-a 2039:-e 2035:-i 2025:. 2008:sa 1859:-i 1678:-e 1653:, 1640:-e 1636:-i 1510:. 1293:na 1179:9 1155:8 1131:7 1107:6 1081:5 1055:4 1029:3 1003:2 977:1 939:ī. 936:at 929:at 921:at 860:ŋ, 784:ī 523:w 520:j 515:l 505:h 497:ʃ 494:s 491:f 475:r 463:ŋ 456:n 453:m 433:b 374:-i 351:uɲ 266:, 106:? 75:, 61:, 47:, 2586:n 2373:k 2340:e 2333:t 2326:v 2297:. 2293:: 2271:. 2241:. 2231:6 2214:. 910:. 879:ŋ 720:. 709:. 697:. 689:. 555:. 370:. 301:(

Index

Chad
Sudan
Ouaddaï
Darfur
Sungor
Erenga
Language family
Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Northern Eastern
Taman
Tama–Sungor
Writing system
ISO 639-3
sjg
Glottolog
assa1269
ELP
Assangori
Linguasphere
05-DAA-ae

Endangered Languages Project
Eastern Sudanic
Chad
Sudan
Taman
Tama
Biltine
Adré

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