Acheron language

Acheron (Asheron) is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan.

Acheron derives from the Arabic word [sic] which means "innocent people", it was later "indigenised as " and turned into. The autoethonym in Acheron is for the people and  for the language.

The number of active speakers is estimated to be 9,800. This number includes the community members and "diaspora speakers" in other Sudanese towns and abroad.

Consonants
Norton (2000) calls and  "stiff cord" segments, saying they are always voiceless, with other short plosives and fricatives varying in voicing.

Vowels
Norton (1995) posited 10 vowels: 5 &lbrack;-ATR&rbrack; /,, , / and 5 &lbrack;+ATR&rbrack; /, , , , /. However, Norton (2013) has 8 vowels: &lbrack;-ATR&rbrack; /,, , , , / and &lbrack;+ATR&rbrack; / /.