| Language name: | DINKA |
| UPSID number: | 4226 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic, Nilotic, Dinka-Nuer |
| This language has | 32 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.278547672 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p tD t c k b dD d dj g m nD n nj N r l j w ih eh Eh ah uh oh Oh i* e* E* a* O* o* |
| Comment: | Andersen (1987) recognizes 84 vowels (including diphthongs), as he establishes 3 distinct lengths. Each of these occurs in monosyllables with a single tone. |
| Source(s): | Andersen, T. 1987. The phonemic system of Dinka. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 9/1: 1-27. Malou, J. 1988. Dinka Vowel System. S.I.L. and University of Texas at Arlington. (S.I.L. Publications in Linguistics 82) |