Southern Burun language

Southern Burun
Tüŋ Mäbaan
Native to	South Sudan, Sudan
Region	Upper Nile–Blue Nile border
Ethnicity	Jumjum
Native speakers	180,000 (20117–2022)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Southern Eastern Nilotic Western Nilotic Luo Northern Mabaan–Burun Burun Southern Burun
Dialects	Bwonyin Ulu Twok
Writing system	Arabic Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: mfz – Mabaan jum – Jumjum
Glottolog	maba1272
ELP	Mabaan

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

Phonology

These are from the Jumjum dialect.

Vowels

Burun has 8 vowels. All vowels have long equivalents.

	Front	Back
		unrounded	rounded
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid
Open-mid	ɛ	ʌ	ɔ
Open	a

Consonants

Burun has 20 consonants.

		Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p			t	c	k	ʔ
	voiced	b			d	ɟ	g
Fricative	voiceless			θ
	voiced			ð
Nasal		m	ɱ		n	ɲ	ŋ
Approximant		w			l	j
Trill					r