Anywa language

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Anywa language is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Anyuak people in South Sudan and western Ethiopia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anywa language canonical 3
Anywaa language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Western Nilotic languages
surface form: Luo languages (Western Nilotic)

Shilluk language
ethnolinguisticGroup Anyuak people
hasAlternativeName Anuak language
Anuak language
surface form: Anyuak language

Anywa language
surface form: Anywaa language
hasGlottocode anyu1241
hasISO6393Code anu
hasLinguisticFeature tonal language
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO/VOS variants reported)
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory typical of Nilotic languages
languageBranch Nilotic languages
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
primaryCountry Ethiopia
South Sudan
region East Africa
spokenBy Anyuak people
spokenIn Ethiopia
Gambela Region
South Sudan
subfamilyOf Western Nilotic languages
usedFor Christian religious practice in local churches
oral literature
traditional songs and storytelling
usedIn education at primary level in some areas
local administration in parts of Gambela Region
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilo-Saharian phylum includesLanguage Anywa language
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Anywa language hasAlternativeName Anywa language
this entity surface form: Anywaa language
Western Nilotic languages hasMember Anywa language