Lopit language

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Lopit
Region Southern Sudan
Ethnicity Lopit people
Native speakers
 50,000  (1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lpx

The Lopit language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by aroung 50,000 people in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan.[2] Lopit is part of the Lotuko-Teso subfamily and is related to Lotuko, Turkana and Maasai.[3] Lopit is a VSO language and has a complex tonal system.[4]

The Lopit language has six different dialects: Ngabori, Dorik, Ngotira, Omiaha, Lohutok, and Lolongo.

References

  1. ↑ Lopit reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ Ethnologue.com entry for Lopit
  3. ↑ Ethnologue.com family lineage for Lopit
  4. ↑ Vossen, Rainier, The Eastern Nilote: Linguistic + Historic reconstructions, Berlin: Dietrich, Reimer Verlag 1982


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