Dagik, or Dengebu, Dagig, Thakik, Buram, Reikha, is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar to Ngile, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.
The most comprehensive grammar is that of Vanderelst (2016).Vanderelst, John. 2016. A Grammar of Dagik: A Kordofanian Language of Sudan. (Grammatical Analyses of African Languages, 50.) Cologne: Köppe.
Phonology
Consonants LabialDentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarGlottalPlosiveFricative()()NasalRhoticApproximant
Sounds /p, t̪, t, k/ can have intervocalic allophones as sonorants [β, ð, ɾ, ɣ], and voiced allophones [b, d̪, d, ɡ] when after nasals. Sounds [f, h] only have marginal status. /r/ can also be heard as a tap [ɾ] allophone.
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen
/u/ can also assimilate to a close-mid [o] in different environments.
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