Lopit language
| Lopit | |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Lopit people |
Native speakers | 50,000 (1995)[1] |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
lpx |
| Glottolog |
lopi1242[2] |
The Lopit language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by aroung 50,000 people in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan.[3] Lopit is part of the Lotuko-Teso subfamily and is related to Lotuko, Turkana and Maasai.[4] Lopit is a VSO language and has a complex tonal system.[5]
The Lopit language has six different dialects: Ngabori, Dorik, Ngotira, Omiaha, Lohutok, and Lolongo.
References
- ↑ Lopit at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Lopit". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Ethnologue.com entry for Lopit
- ↑ Ethnologue.com family lineage for Lopit
- ↑ Vossen, Rainier, The Eastern Nilote: Linguistic + Historic reconstructions, Berlin: Dietrich, Reimer Verlag 1982
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