Otoro

The Otoro language is a Heiban language which belongs to the Kordofanian Languages and therefore it is a part of the Niger-Congo language family. In a smaller view the Otoro is a segment of the "central branch" from the so-called Koalib-Moro Group of the languages which are spoken in the Nuba Mountains. The Otoro language is spoken within the geographical regions encompassing Kuartal, Zayd and Kauda in Sudan. The precise number of Otoro speakers is unknown, though current sources suggest it to be exceeding 17,000 people.

Otoro is transcribed here using the community orthography, using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). However, some similar sounds are not further distinguished and represented as one. Therefore, the sounds 'ɪ', 'i' and 'ɪ̈' will be collectively denoted as 'i', 'a' and 'ɑ' as 'a', 'ɔː' and 'ɔ' as 'ɔ', 'o' and 'o̜' as 'o' and 'u' and 'ʊ' as 'u'.

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