Lopa language

Lopa
Rerang
Native to Nigeria
Region Niger State
Native speakers
5,000  (1996)[1]
Niger–Congo
Dialects
Ollop
Urcibar
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lop
Glottolog lopa1238[2]
Rerang
Person dɔ̀ɾìɾã́ŋ
People òːɾìɾã́ŋ
Language òlːèɾã́ŋ (Olleran)
Rop (n. dialect)
Person dɔ̀ɾóp
People òːɾɔ́p
Language òlːɔ́p (Ollop)
Rop (s. dialect)
Person dɔ̀tʃíbár
People òːtʃíbár
Language ɘ̀ɹtʃíbár (Urcibar)

Lopa (Rop) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. Ethnic Lopa neighboring Busa have shifted to that language.

References

  1. Lopa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lopa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.