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Dagik language

Dagik language

Talodi language spoken in Sudan

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 with Ngile, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

The most comprehensive grammar is that of Vanderelst (2016).[2]

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Dental ...
  • 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

More information Front, Central ...
  • /u/ can also assimilate to a close-mid [o] in different environments.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Dagik at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Vanderelst, John. 2016. A Grammar of Dagik: A Kordofanian Language of Sudan. (Grammatical Analyses of African Languages, 50.) Cologne: Köppe.


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