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| Alur | |
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| Lur | |
| Region | Orientale Province (Democratic Republic of Congo),Nebbi andZombo districts ofUganda |
| Ethnicity | Alur |
Native speakers | 1.7 million (2001–2014)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | alz |
| Glottolog | alur1250 |
Alur (Dho-Alur[d̟ɔ.a.lur]) is aWestern Nilotic language spoken in the southernWest Nile region ofUganda and the northeasternIturi Province of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo. The language's subdialects are Jokot, Jonam/Lo-Naam (mainly spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mambisa and Wanyoro.[2]
Alur has 9 vowels.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | ä |
Alur has 23 consonants.
| Labial | Labio-dental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | pb | t̟d̟ | td | kɡ | ||||
| Fricative | fv | sz | h | |||||
| Affricate | tʃdʒ | |||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
The Alur language has no officially accepted orthography. Some informal conventions have been established in written materials and road signs.
There is usually no written tonal distinction. Second, the phonemic distinction between/ŋ/ and/ng/ is occasionally reflected in the orthography, with/ŋ/ represented by 'ŋ' and/ng/ represented by 'ng'. However,/ŋ/ is also frequently written as 'ng', confusing it orthographically with/ng/.
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