Misplaced Pages

Reel, or Atwot, is a Nilotic language of South Sudan that is closely related to Nuer. They call themselves Reel; Atwot is their Dinka name.

Phonology

Consonants

/t̪/ alternates with [s], /c/ with [ç], and /p/ with [ɸ]. /ʔ/ becomes [ɦ] near breathy vowels.

Vowels

Reid (2010) finds seven vowel phonemes, considering voice quality and vowel length as suprasegmental distinctions. Vowels have two voice qualities (modal and breathy) and three lengths (short, long, and overlong).

Tones

Reel has three tones—high, low, and falling.

See also

• Atwot people
• Nilotic languages
• Western Nilotic languages

Notes

1. Reel at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) [REDACTED]
2. Reid 2010, p. 36.
3. Reid 2010, p. 37.
4. Reid 2010, p. 38.
5. Reid 2010, pp. 54, 64.
6. Reid 2010, p. 54.
7. Reid 2010, p. 55.
8. Reid 2010, p. 56.
9. Reid 2010, p. 117.

References

• Reid, Tatiana (2010). Aspects of phonetics, phonology and morphophonology of Thok Reel (MSc thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/5312.

This South Sudan-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• v
• t
• e

• Western Nilotic languages
• South Sudan stubs
• Nilo-Saharan language stubs