Anuak or Anywaa is a
Luo language which belongs to the
western Nilotic branch of the
Nilotic language family. It is spoken primarily in the western part of
Ethiopia
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and also in
South Sudan
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by the
Anuak people
The Anyuak, also known as Anyuaa and Anywaa, are a Luo Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting parts of East Africa. The Anuak belong to the larger Luo family group. Their language is referred to as Dha-Anywaa. They primarily reside in the Gambela Region ...
. Other names for this language include: ''Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro''.
[ Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster.][Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. p.5] The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) ''Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions'', which also includes glossed texts.
Phonology
Anuak is notable for lacking phonemic fricatives.
Consonants
Vowels
Diphthongs
Tones
References
External links
* World Atlas of Language Structures
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information o
Anywa
Languages of Ethiopia
Luo languages
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