Aja language (Nilo-Saharan)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".<templatestyles src="Template:Infobox/styles-images.css" />Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".

File:Darfur Linguistic Map.svg
Linguistic map of the non-Arab peoples of Darfur, showing the extent of the Kresh languages in Sudan.

Aja is a Central Sudanic language spoken in the southern South Sudanese province of Bahr el Ghazal and along the South Sudanese border in the Central African Republic. Although the Aja are ethnically Kresh, their language is unintelligible to other Kresh languages. It is largely Banda in vocabulary, though it remains Kresh in structure. Most members of the tribe are bilingual in Kresh. Alternate spellings are Adja and Ajja.

Phonology

Aja consonants[1]
Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Pharyngeal Glottal
Plosive Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Nasal Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Trill Template:IPA link
Tap or Flap Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Affricate Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Fricative Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Approximant Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Lateral approximant Template:IPA link

Vowels

Aja vowels[1]
Front Near-front Central Near-back Back
Close i u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid e o
Mid
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Near-open ɐ
Open a

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Languages of South Sudan Template:Central Sudanic languages Template:Authority control

Template:Ns-lang-stub Template:SouthSudan-stub Template:Asbox