Aja language (Nilo-Saharan)

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File:Darfur Linguistic Map.svg

Linguistic map of the non-Arab peoples of Darfur, showing the extent of the Kresh languages in Sudan.

Aja is a Central Sudanic language spoken in the southern South Sudanese province of Bahr el Ghazal and along the South Sudanese border in the Central African Republic. Although the Aja are ethnically Kresh, their language is unintelligible to other Kresh languages. It is largely Banda in vocabulary, though it remains Kresh in structure. Most members of the tribe are bilingual in Kresh. Alternate spellings are Adja and Ajja.

Phonology

Aja consonants<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Pharyngeal	Glottal
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Trill				Template:IPA link
Tap or Flap		Template:IPA link		Template:IPA link
Affricate				Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
Fricative		Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link			Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link Template:IPA link	Template:IPA link
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Lateral approximant				Template:IPA link

Vowels

Aja vowels<ref name=":0" />

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i				u
Near-close		ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e				o
Mid
Open-mid	ɛ				ɔ
Near-open			ɐ
Open	a