Lopit language
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| Lopit | |
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| Region | Southern Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Lopit people |
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Native speakers
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unknown (50,000 cited 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)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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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