Anuak or Anywaa is a Luo language which belongs to the western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. It is spoken primarily in the western part of Ethiopia and also in South Sudan by the Anuak people. Other names for this language include: Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro. Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster.Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. p.5 The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions, which also includes glossed texts.
Phonology Anuak is notable for lacking phonemic fricatives. Consonants Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Nasal Plosive/affricate Approximant Trill
Vowels Front BackUnroundedRounded Close Near-Close Close-mid Open-mid Open Diphthongs Front Back Close Near-Close
Tones + Description IPA Rising ˩˥ High ˦ Mid ˧ Low ˨ References
External links World Atlas of Language Structures information on Anywa