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.
Phonology Vowels
Front Central Back Close i , ï u , o Mid e , ë ö ɔ Open a
Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-velar Glottal Nasal m n ny ŋ ŋm Plosive prenasal mb nd nj ŋg ŋb voiced b d j g gb voiceless p t c k kp ʾ implosive ʾb ʾd ʾj Fricative prenasal nz voiced (v ) z voiceless f s h Rhotic r Lateral l Semivowel w y
References
Persson, Andrew M. and Persson, Janet R. 1991. Mödö-English dictionary with grammar. (Bilingual Dictionaries of Sudan, 1.) 1st edn. Nairobi: Sudan: Summer Institute of Linguistics. Persson, Janet. 2004. Bongo-Bagirmi languages in Sudan. Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 9. 77–84.