Nuer

Tatiana Reid

doi:10.1017/S0025100323000191

Nuer

Tatiana Reid

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Nuer (ISO 6393: nus / Glottocode: nuer1246) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Dinka-Nuer). The sound system of Nuer is of particular interest because the language has a rich inventory of vocalic and suprasegmental distinctions, including a large number of vowel phonemes, a voice quality contrast (modal vs breathy), three levels of vowel length, and a tonal inventory that interacts with the voice quality contrast.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the International Phonetic Association
Early online date	20 Nov 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025100323000191
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Nov 2023

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Suprasegmentals in three West Nilotic languages
Reid, T.
1/05/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Morphological Complexity in Nuer
Remijsen, B.
AHRC
1/06/15 → 31/08/18
Project: Research

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Suprasegmentals in three West Nilotic languages

Morphological Complexity in Nuer

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