| Jur Modo | ||||
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| Spoken in | South Sudan | |||
| Ethnicity | Jur Modo | |||
| Native speakers | 100,000 (2004) | |||
| Language family |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-3 | bex | |||
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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.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/, ï /-/ | u /u/ | |
| Mid | e /e/, ë /-/ | ö /-/ o /o/ | |
| Open | a /a/ | ɔ /ɔ/ |
| Labial | Labial-velar | Alveolar | Lateral | Dorsal | Glottal | |||
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| Palatal | Velar | |||||||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p /p/ |
kp /k͡p/ |
t /t/ |
k /k/ |
ʾ /ʔ/ |
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| Voice | b /b/ |
gb /g͡b/ |
d /d/ |
g /g/ |
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| Implosive | ʾb /ɓ/ |
ʾd /ɗ/ |
ʾj /ʔd͡ʒ/ |
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| Prenasal | mb /m͡b/ |
ŋb /ŋ͡b/ |
nd /n͡d/ |
ŋg /ŋ͡g/ |
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| Fricative | Voiceless | f /f/ |
s /s/ |
h /h/ |
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| Voice | z /z/ |
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| Prenasal | nz /n͡z/ |
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| Affricate | Voiceless | c /t͡ʃ/ |
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| Voice | j /d͡ʒ/ |
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| Prenasal | nj /n͡ʤ/ |
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| Nasal | m /m/ |
ŋm /ŋ͡m/ |
n /n/ |
ny /ɲ/ |
ŋ /ŋ/ |
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| Liquid | r /r/ |
l /l/ |
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| Semivowel | w /w/ |
y /j/ |
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