Toposa language

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The Toposa language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Toposa people of South Sudan and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Toposa language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language
Nilo-Saharan language
natural language
alternativeName Teso–Turkana group
surface form: Toposa-Turkana

Topotha
closelyRelatedTo Jie language (Uganda)
Karamojong language
Teso language
Turkana language
countryOfOrigin South Sudan
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnologueEntry Toposa
glottocode topo1244
hasBiblePortions translated selections of Christian scriptures
hasDialect Kidepo Toposa
Kiyala Toposa
Murle-influenced Toposa
hasGrammaticalFeature case-marking by suffixes
rich verbal morphology
verb-initial word order tendency
hasPhonologicalFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony
tone
iso639-3Code toq
languageFamily Eastern Nilotic languages
surface form: Eastern Nilotic

Nilo-Saharan languages
surface form: Nilo-Saharan

Nilotic languages
surface form: Nilotic
primaryCountry South Sudan
primaryEthnicGroup Toposa
region Greater Kapoeta area
spokenBy Toposa people
spokenIn Eastern Equatoria State
Ethiopia
Kapoeta region
Kenya
South Sudan
Uganda
subfamilyOf Ateker languages
Eastern Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages
surface form: Teso–Turkana languages
usedFor local trade
oral tradition
pastoralist terminology
usedInEducation non-formal education programs
usedInReligion local church activities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Teso language closelyRelatedTo Toposa language
Nilotic languages majorLanguage Toposa language
Ateso isRelatedTo Toposa language
Teso closelyRelatedTo Toposa language
Murle language neighboringLanguage Toposa language