- ^ Reel at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Christopher Green and Steven Moran . 2019. Reel sound inventory (GM). In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel (eds.)
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| Reel | |
|---|---|
| Thuɔk ë Rëël | |
| Native to | South Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Atwot |
Native speakers | 116,000 (2017)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | atu |
| Glottolog | reel1238 |
| ELP | Reel |
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.
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive | Voiceless | p | t̪ | t | c | k | ʔ |
| Voiced | b | d̪ | d | ɟ | ɡ | ||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | lʲ | j | ||||
/t̪/ varies with [s], /c/ with [ç], /p/ with [ɸ], and /ʔ/ with [ɦ].
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iˑ iː
i̤ i̤ˑ i̤ː |
u uˑ uː
ṳ ṳˑ ṳː |
| Close-mid | e eˑ eː
e̤ e̤ˑ e̤ː |
o oˑ oː
o̤ oː o̤ː |
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛˑ ɛː
ɛ̤ ɛ̤ˑ ɛ̤ː |
ɔ ɔˑ ɔː
ɔ̤ ɔ̤ˑ ɔ̤ː |
| Low | a aˑ aː
a̤ a̤ˑ a̤ː |
Reel has three tones - high, low, and rising.