Nyangatom language
Nyangatom is a Nilotic language spoken in Ethiopia by the Nyangatom people. It is an oral language only, having no working orthography at present. Related languages include Toposa and Turkana, both of which have a level of mutual intelligibility; Blench counts it as a dialect of Turkana.
Phonology
Vowels
- Vowel length is contrastive in Nyangatom, as in dʒík 'completely' vs. dʒíík 'always'
- Before a pause, short vowels carrying a single, simple tone are devoiced.