Mabaan language
Encyclopedia
Mabaan, or Southern Burun, is a Luo language
of South Sudan. It forms a dialect continuum
with Burun
.
Luo languages
The Nilotic Luo languages, or Lwoian, are a dozen languages spoken by the Luo peoples in an area ranging from southern Sudan via Uganda to southern Kenya, with Dholuo extending into northern Tanzania and Alur into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They form one of the two branches of Western...
of South Sudan. It forms a dialect continuum
Dialect continuum
A dialect continuum, or dialect area, was defined by Leonard Bloomfield as a range of dialects spoken across some geographical area that differ only slightly between neighboring areas, but as one travels in any direction, these differences accumulate such that speakers from opposite ends of the...
with Burun
Burun language
Burun is a Luo language of Sudan. It forms a dialect continuum with Mabaan....
.