Northern Burun
Northern Burun is a Nilotic language spoken in Sudan and South Sudan.
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Northern Burun is a Nilotic language of South Sudan. Blench (2012) lists the three varieties separately.
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Words in Northern Burun
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | tarok* | |
| name | moNon* | |
| eye | w3N* | |
| ear | idi* | |
| nose | oman* | |
| tooth | legit* | |
| tongue | lEbE* | |
| hand | enat* | |
| blood | remat* | |
| bone | Zw3d* | |
| skin | rodE* | |
| breast | tenit* | |
| liver | ken3t* | |
| water | pii | |
| fire | maC* | |
| sun | 3N* | |
| star | kEtEnEt* | |
| stone | gurit* | |
| mountain | p3m* | |
| tree | yat* | |
| leaf | kodak* | |
| night | aban* | |
| dog | gok* | |
| fish | rEC* | |
| louse | y3k* | |
| one | akEl* | |
| two | are* | |
| I | aneC* | |
| you | eneC* | |
| we | onok* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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