Nyangatom (also Inyangatom, Donyiro, Dongiro, Idongiro) is a Nilotic language spoken in Ethiopia by the Nyangatom people. It is an oral language only, having no working orthography at present. Related languages include Toposa and Turkana, both of which have a level of mutual intelligibility; Blench (2012) counts it as a dialect of Turkana.
Phonology
Vowels Front Back Close Near-close Close-mid Open-mid Open
Vowel length is contrastive in Nyangatom, as in 'completely' vs. 'always' Before a pause, short vowels carrying a single, simple tone are devoiced.
Consonants Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Nasal Plosive/Affricate Voiceless Voiced Fricative Flap Approximant Moges Yigezu, however, analyzes Nyangatom as having implosive stops, rather than voiced egressive stops.Yigezu, Moges. "Some notes on Implosive consonants in Nyangatom." Studies in Ethiopian Languages 5 (2016): 11-20.
Bibliography Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. 2007. "Ñaŋatom language" in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Vol 3. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp. 1131–1132.
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