ISO_639:rub

Gungu
Gungu
Rugungu
Native to	Uganda
Region	Buliisa District
Ethnicity	Gungu people
Native speakers	49,000 (2002 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Gungu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early form	Pre-Rugungu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rub
Glottolog	gung1250
Guthrie code	JE.101

Gungu language

Bantu language of Uganda

Gungu is a Bantu language spoken by the Gungu (or Bagungu) people in western Uganda.

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[e18-1] [1]
Gungu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] [2]
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[FOOTNOTECasaliDiprose2007-3] [3]
Casali & Diprose 2007.

[FOOTNOTEMoeMbabazi2008-4] [4]
Moe & Mbabazi 2008.

[FOOTNOTEMoeMbabazi200827-5] [5]
Moe & Mbabazi 2008, p. 27.

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			Bilabial			Labio-dental	Alveolar			Palatal			Velar			Glottal
			plain	lab.	pal.	Labio-dental	plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	pal.	plain	lab.	pal.
Nasal		-nas	m ⟨m⟩	mʷ ⟨mw⟩	mʲ ⟨my⟩		n ⟨n⟩	nʷ ⟨nw⟩	nʲ ⟨ni̱⟩	ɲ ⟨ny⟩		ɲʲ ⟨nyi̱⟩	ŋ ⟨ngh⟩		ŋʲ ⟨nghy⟩
Nasal		+nas	m̩m ⟨mm⟩	m̩mʷ ⟨mmw⟩	m̩mʲ ⟨mmy⟩		n̩n ⟨nn⟩	n̩nʷ ⟨nnw⟩	n̩nʲ ⟨nni⟩	ɲ̩ɲ ⟨nny⟩	ɲ̩ɲʷ ⟨nnyw⟩
Stop/ Affricate	-voice	-nas	p ⟨p⟩	pʷ ⟨pw⟩	pʲ ⟨py⟩	f ⟨f⟩	t ⟨t⟩	tʷ ⟨tw⟩	tʲ ⟨ty⟩	c ⟨t͡ʃ⟩	t͡ʃʷ ⟨cw⟩	t͡ʃʲ ⟨cy⟩	k ⟨k⟩	kʷ ⟨kw⟩	kʲ ⟨ky⟩
	-voice	+nas	mp ⟨mp⟩	m̩pʷ ⟨mpw⟩	m̩pʲ ⟨mpy⟩	n̩f ⟨nf⟩	n̩t ⟨nt⟩	ⁿtʷ ⟨ntw⟩	ⁿtʲ ⟨nty⟩	ⁿt͡ʃ ⟨nc⟩	n̩t͡ʃʷ ⟨ncw⟩		ŋk ⟨nk⟩	ŋkʷ ⟨nkw⟩	ŋkʲ ⟨nky⟩
	+voice	-nas	b ⟨bb⟩	bʷ ⟨bbw⟩	bʲ ⟨bby⟩	v ⟨v⟩	d ⟨d⟩	dʷ ⟨dw⟩	dʲ ⟨dy⟩	d͡ʒ ⟨j⟩	d͡ʒʷ ⟨jw⟩	d͡ʒʲ ⟨jy⟩	g ⟨g⟩	gʷ ⟨gw⟩	gʲ ⟨gy⟩
	+voice	+nas	mb ⟨mb⟩	m̩bʷ ⟨mbw⟩	m̩bʲ ⟨mby⟩	ⁿv ⟨nv⟩	n̩d ⟨nd⟩	ⁿdʷ ⟨ndw⟩	ⁿdʲ ⟨ndy⟩	ⁿd͡ʒ ⟨nj⟩	n̩d͡ʒʷ ⟨njw⟩		ŋg ⟨ng⟩	ŋ̩gʷ ⟨ngw⟩	ŋ̩gʲ ⟨ngy⟩
Fricative	-voice	-nas					s ⟨s⟩	sʷ ⟨sw⟩	sʲ ⟨sy⟩							h ⟨h⟩	hʷ ⟨hw⟩	hʲ ⟨hy⟩
	-voice	+nas					ⁿs ⟨ns⟩	n̩sʷ ⟨nsw⟩	n̩sʲ ⟨nsy⟩
	+voice	-nas	β ⟨b⟩		βʲ ⟨by⟩		z ⟨z⟩	zʷ ⟨zw⟩	zʲ ⟨zy⟩
	+voice	+nas					n̩z ⟨nz⟩	ⁿzʷ ⟨nzw⟩	ⁿzʲ ⟨nzy⟩
Tap							ɾ ⟨r⟩	ɾʷ ⟨rw⟩	ɾʲ ⟨ry⟩
Approximant			ʋ ⟨b̯⟩	ʋʷ ⟨b̯w⟩			l ⟨l⟩	lʷ ⟨lw⟩	lʲ ⟨ly⟩	j ⟨y⟩	jʷ ⟨yw⟩			w ⟨w⟩

	Front		Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i ⟨i̱⟩	iː ⟨i̱i̱⟩			u ⟨u̱⟩	uː ⟨u̱u̱⟩
Near-close	ɪ ⟨i⟩	ɪː ⟨ii⟩			ʊ ⟨u⟩	ʊː ⟨u⟩
Mid	(e ⟨e⟩)	(eː ⟨ee⟩)			(o ⟨o⟩)	(oː ⟨oo⟩)
Open-mid	ɛ ⟨e⟩	ɛː ⟨ee⟩			ɔ ⟨o⟩	ɔː ⟨oo⟩
Open			ä ⟨a⟩	äː ⟨aa⟩

	Front Hard	Front Soft	Back Hard	Back Soft
Mid	ei̯ ⟨ei̱⟩	ɛɪ̯ ⟨ei⟩	oi̯ ⟨oi̱⟩	ɔɪ̯ ⟨oi⟩
Open	äi̯ ⟨ai̱⟩	äɪ̯ ⟨ai⟩	äu̯ ⟨au̱⟩	äʊ̯ ⟨au⟩

Capital	Lowercase	IPA
A	a	/ä/
Aa	aa	/äː/
B	b	/β/
B̯	b̯	/ʋ/
Bb	bb	/b/
C	c	/t͡ʃ/
D	d	/d/
E	e	/e/, /ɛ/
Ee	ee	/eː/, /ɛː/
F	f	/f/
G	g	/g/
H	h	/h/
I	i	/ɪ/
II	ii	/ɪː/
I̱	i̱	/i/
I̱I̱	i̱i̱	/iː/
J	j	/d͡ʒ/
K	k	/k/
L	l	/l/
M	m	/m/
N	n	/n/
Ngh	ngh	/ŋ/
Ny	ny	/ɲ/
O	o	/o/, /ɔ/
Oo	oo	/oː/, /ɔː/
P	p	/p/
R	r	/ɾ/
S	s	/s/
T	t	/t/
U	u	/ʊ/
Uu	uu	/ʊ/
U̱	u̱	/u/
U̱U̱	u̱u̱	/uː/
V	v	/v/
W	w	/w/
Y	y	/j/
Z	z	/z/

ISO_639:rub

Gungu language

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Monophthongs

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Gungu
Rugungu
Native to	Uganda
Region	Buliisa District
Ethnicity	Gungu people
Native speakers	49,000 (2002 census)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Gungu
Early form	Pre-Rugungu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rub`
Glottolog	`gung1250`
Guthrie code	`JE.101`^[2]