Dagik language

Dagik, or Dengebu, Dagig, Thakik, Buram, Reikha, is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is 80% lexically similar with Ngile, which is also spoken by the Mesakin people.

The most comprehensive grammar is that of Vanderelst (2016).

Phonology

Consonants

• Sounds /p, t̪, t, k/ can have intervocalic allophones as sonorants [β, ð, ɾ, É£], and voiced allophones [b, d̪, d, É¡] when after nasals.
• Sounds [f, h] only have marginal status.
• /r/ can also be heard as a tap [ɾ] allophone.

Vowels

• /u/ can also assimilate to a close-mid [o] in different environments.

References