Uduk language


Uduk, also known as Tw'ampa, is a Koman language spoken in Sudan near the border with Ethiopia. Nearly the entire population fled to a refugee camp in Ethiopia during the Second Sudanese Civil War, but returned to Sudan once fighting stopped. The resurgence of hostilities in the Blue Nile province after 2011 once more resulted in the Uduk community to enter refugee camps in Ethiopia and South Sudan.

Phonology

Consonants

BilabialDentalAlveolarPost-alveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Unaspirated
Aspirated
Ejective
Voiced
Implosive
Fricatives
Nasals
Lateral
Trill
Approximants

  1. Consonants in parentheses are allophones.
  2. Consonants in brackets are rare or marginal.

    Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Close
Mid
Open