Mandari dialect
{{Short description|Eastern Nilotic language of South Sudan}}{{About|a Nilotic language spoken in Africa|a Munda language spoken in India|Mundari language}}{{Infobox language
|name=Mandari
|altname=Kir
|region=South Sudan
|ethnicity=Mundari
|speakers=70,000
|date=2014
|ref=e25
|script=Latin
|familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
|fam2=Eastern Sudanic?
|fam3=Southern Eastern?
|fam4=Nilotic
|fam5=Eastern
|fam6=Bari
|iso3=mqu
|glotto=mand1425
|glottorefname=Mandari
}}
Mandari (also written Mundari) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by the Mundari people of South Sudan.
Writing system
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|+ Mandari alphabet{{sfn|Wani|Goke|Stirtz|2013|p=viii}} |
| Uppercase
| A || Ä || B || ʼB || D || ʼD | E || Ë || G || I || Ï || J | K || L || M || N |
|---|
| Lowercase
| a || ä || b || ʼb || d || ʼd | e || ë || g || i || ï || j | k || l || m || n |
| Pronunciation in IPA
| a || ə || b || ɓ || d || ɗ | ɛ || e || g || ɪ || i || ɟ/d͡ʒ | k || l || m || n |
| Uppercase
| NY || Ŋ || O || Ö || P | R || S || T || U || Ü | W || Y || ʼY || ʼ |
| Lowercase
| ny || ŋ || o || ö || p | r || s || t || u || ü | w || y || ʼy || ʼ |
| Pronunciation in IPA
| ɲ || ŋ || ɔ || o || p | r || s || t || ʊ || u | w || j || ʄ || ʔ |
=Tones=
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite web |first1=Enike Amina |last1=Wani |first2=Martin Lomu |last2=Goke |first3=Tim |last3=Stirtz |title=Mundari-English dictionary |publisher=SIL International, Mundari Translation and Literacy Project |year=2013 |location=Juba |url=https://www.webonary.org/mundari/files/MundariDictionaryFeb17.pdf}}
{{Eastern Sudanic languages}}
Category:Eastern Nilotic languages
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