Southern Burun language

Southern Burun
Tüŋ Mäbaan
Native toSouth Sudan, Sudan
RegionUpper NileBlue Nile border
EthnicityJumjum
Native speakers
180,000 (2017–2022)[1]
Dialects
  • Bwonyin
  • Ulu
  • Twok
Arabic
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mfz – Mabaan
jum – Jumjum
Glottologmaba1272
ELPMabaan

Southern Burun is a Western Nilotic language of Sudan. It is a dialect continuum with Burun proper (Northern Burun), Mabaan/Ulu, and Jumjum (Arabic: جوم جوم).

  1. ^ Mabaan at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Jumjum at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon