Reel language

Reel, or Atwot, is a Nilotic language of South Sudan that is closely related to Nuer. They call themselves Reel; Atwot is their Dinka name.

/t̪/ alternates with [s], /c/ with [ç], and /p/ with [ɸ]. /ʔ/ becomes [ɦ] near breathy vowels.

Reid (2010) finds seven vowel phonemes, considering voice quality and vowel length as suprasegmental distinctions. Vowels have two voice qualities (modal and breathy) and three lengths (short, long, and overlong).

Reel has three tones—high, low, and falling.

• Atwot people
• Nilotic languages
• Western Nilotic languages

• Reid, Tatiana (2010). Aspects of phonetics, phonology and morphophonology of Thok Reel (MSc thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/5312.