Shatt language, the Glossary
The Shatt language is a Daju language of the Eastern Daju family spoken by the Shatt people in the Shatt Hills (part of the Nuba Mountains) southwest of Kaduqli in South Kordofan province in southern Sudan.[1]
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62 relations: A, Alveolar consonant, Approximant, Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, B, Back vowel, C, Central vowel, Close vowel, Close-mid central unrounded vowel, D, Daju languages, E, Eastern Sudanic languages, Endonym and exonym, F, Fricative, Front vowel, G, Glottal consonant, I, Implosive consonant, International Phonetic Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet chart, J, K, Kadugli, L, Labial consonant, Latin alphabet, M, Mid vowel, N, Nasal consonant, Nuba Mountains, O, Open vowel, Open-mid back rounded vowel, Open-mid front unrounded vowel, P, Palatal consonant, Plosive, R, Rhotic consonant, S, Shatt people, South Kordofan, Southern Eastern Sudanic languages, Sudan, T, ... Expand index (12 more) »
- Daju languages
A
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide.
Alveolar consonant
Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.
See Shatt language and Alveolar consonant
Approximant
Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.
See Shatt language and Approximant
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger was an online publication containing a comprehensive list of the world's endangered languages.
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B
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Back vowel
A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Back vowel
C
C, or c, is the third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Central vowel
A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Central vowel
Close vowel
A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Close vowel
Close-mid central unrounded vowel
The close-mid central unrounded vowel, or high-mid central unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Close-mid central unrounded vowel
D
D, or d, is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Daju languages
The Daju languages are spoken in isolated pockets by the Daju people across a wide area of Sudan and Chad.
See Shatt language and Daju languages
E
E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Eastern Sudanic languages
In most classifications, the Eastern Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
See Shatt language and Eastern Sudanic languages
Endonym and exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.
See Shatt language and Endonym and exonym
F
F, or f, is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Fricative
A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.
See Shatt language and Fricative
Front vowel
A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.
See Shatt language and Front vowel
G
G, or g, is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide.
Glottal consonant
Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.
See Shatt language and Glottal consonant
I
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Implosive consonant
Implosive consonants are a group of stop consonants (and possibly also some affricates) with a mixed glottalic ingressive and pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism.
See Shatt language and Implosive consonant
International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.
See Shatt language and International Phonetic Alphabet
International Phonetic Alphabet chart
The following is the chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association.
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J
J, or j, is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
K
K, or k, is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Kadugli
Kaduqli or Kadugli (كادوقلي Sudanese pronunciation) is the capital city of South Kordofan State, Sudan.
See Shatt language and Kadugli
L
L, or l, is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Labial consonant
Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.
See Shatt language and Labial consonant
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.
See Shatt language and Latin alphabet
M
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Mid vowel
A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Mid vowel
N
N, or n, is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide.
Nasal consonant
In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.
See Shatt language and Nasal consonant
Nuba Mountains
The Nuba Mountains (جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan.
See Shatt language and Nuba Mountains
O
O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Open vowel
An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.
See Shatt language and Open vowel
Open-mid back rounded vowel
The open-mid back rounded vowel, or low-mid back rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Open-mid back rounded vowel
Open-mid front unrounded vowel
The open-mid front unrounded vowel, or low-mid front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Open-mid front unrounded vowel
P
P, or p, is the sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Palatal consonant
Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).
See Shatt language and Palatal consonant
Plosive
In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.
See Shatt language and Plosive
R
R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Rhotic consonant
In phonetics, rhotic consonants, or "R-like" sounds, are liquid consonants that are traditionally represented orthographically by symbols derived from the Greek letter rho, including r in the Latin script and p in the Cyrillic script.
See Shatt language and Rhotic consonant
S
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Shatt people
Shatt is an ethnic group in Sudan located in the northern Shatt Hills southwest of Kadugli in South Kordofan State (Shatt Daman, Shatt Safia, Shatt Tebeldia) and in the Abu Hashim and Abu Sinam areas.
See Shatt language and Shatt people
South Kordofan
South Kordofan (جنوب كردفان) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan.
See Shatt language and South Kordofan
Southern Eastern Sudanic languages
The Southern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern n Sudanic, En Sudanic languages form one of two primary divisions of the Eastern Sudanic languages in the classification of Bender (2000).
See Shatt language and Southern Eastern Sudanic languages
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.
T
T, or t, is the twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
U
U, or u, is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Velar consonant
Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").
See Shatt language and Velar consonant
Voiced alveolar implosive
The voiced alveolar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Voiced alveolar implosive
Voiced bilabial implosive
The voiced bilabial implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Voiced bilabial implosive
Voiced palatal implosive
The voiced palatal implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Voiced palatal implosive
Voiced palatal nasal
The voiced palatal nasal is a type of consonant used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Voiced palatal nasal
Voiced velar nasal
The voiced velar nasal, also known as eng, engma, or agma (from Greek ἆγμα 'fragment'), is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
See Shatt language and Voiced velar nasal
W
W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
X
X, or x, is the twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Y
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Z
Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet.
See also
Daju languages
- Beigo language
- Daju Mongo language
- Daju languages
- Logorik language
- Nyala language (Sudan)
- Nyolge language
- Shatt language
- Sila language (Chad)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatt_language
Also known as ISO 639:shj.
, U, UNESCO, Velar consonant, Voiced alveolar implosive, Voiced bilabial implosive, Voiced palatal implosive, Voiced palatal nasal, Voiced velar nasal, W, X, Y, Z.