Mandari dialect

This article is about a Nilotic language spoken in Africa. For a Munda language spoken in India, see Mundari language.

Mandari (also written Mundari) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by the Mundari people of South Sudan.

Mandari
Kir
Region	South Sudan
Ethnicity	Mundari
Native speakers	70,000 (2014)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic? Southern Eastern? Nilotic Eastern Bari Mandari
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mqu
Glottolog	mand1425

Writing system

Mandari alphabet

Uppercase	A	Ä	B	ʼB	D	ʼD	E	Ë	G	I	Ï	J	K	L	M	N
Lowercase	a	ä	b	ʼb	d	ʼd	e	ë	g	i	ï	j	k	l	m	n
Pronunciation in IPA	a	ə	b	ɓ	d	ɗ	ɛ	e	g	ɪ	i	ɟ/d͡ʒ	k	l	m	n
Uppercase	NY	Ŋ	O	Ö	P	R	S	T	U	Ü	W	Y	ʼY	ʼ
Lowercase	ny	ŋ	o	ö	p	r	s	t	u	ü	w	y	ʼy	ʼ
Pronunciation in IPA	ɲ	ŋ	ɔ	o	p	r	s	t	ʊ	u	w	j	ʄ	ʔ

Tones

• á - [˥]
• à - [˩]
• a - [˧]
• â - [˥˩]

References

• Wani, Enike Amina; Goke, Martin Lomu; Stirtz, Tim (2013). "Mundari-English dictionary" (PDF). Juba: SIL International, Mundari Translation and Literacy Project.