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Dagik
Dhaduwa
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
EthnicityMesakin
Native speakers
67,000 (2022)[1]
Dialects
  • Arreme
  • Adobu
  • Tosari
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3dec
Glottologdagi1241

Dagik, or Dengebu, Dagig, Thakik, Buram, Reikha, is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar with Ngile, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.

The most comprehensive grammar is that of Vanderelst (2016).[2]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p t̪ t k
Fricative (f) s (h)
Nasal m n̪ n ŋ
Rhotic r ɽ
Approximant w l j
  • Sounds /p, t̪, t, k/ can have intervocalic allophones as sonorants [β, ð, ɾ, ɣ], and voiced allophones [b, d̪, d, ɡ] when after nasals.
  • Sounds [f, h] only have marginal status.
  • /r/ can also be heard as a tap [ɾ] allophone.

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
ɪ ʊ
Mid ɛ ə ɔ
Open a
  • /u/ can also assimilate to a close-mid [o] in different environments.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dagik at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Vanderelst, John. 2016. A Grammar of Dagik: A Kordofanian Language of Sudan. (Grammatical Analyses of African Languages, 50.) Cologne: Köppe.


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Talodi–Heiban languages

Moro Talodi Lumun, †Torona Buram–Saraf Jomang (Talodi), †Nding (Eliri) Tocho Tocho (Tacho), Acheron (Asheron) Masakin Ngile (Daloka), Dengebu (Dagik)

Kordofanian languages

twaɽŋan toðne ɲerlel ɗòvɔ̀kkwóɽɔ̀n ɗòvɔ̀kkwóppà kwúnɐ̀ttùrrí rúi Talodi Dagik j-ɜlːʊ j-ɛːɽa j-ɜt̪ːɜk̚ bɽandɔ si-s-ɜlːʊ (litː one hand) na-j-ɜlːʊ (5 +

ISO 639:d

ddr I/E Dhudhuroa dds I/L Donno So Dogon ddw I/L Dawera-Daweloor dec I/L Dagik ded I/L Dedua dee I/L Dewoin def I/L Dezfuli deg I/L Degema deh I/L Dehwari