Moru language

E262316

The Moru language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Moru people of South Sudan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moru language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language
language
natural language
country South Sudan
ethnicGroup Moru people
family Central Sudanic languages
surface form: Central Sudanic
glottocode moru1253
glottologName Moru
hasApproximateSpeakers 100000+
hasBibleTranslation yes
hasDialect Andri
Lakamadi
Miza
Moru proper
Wira
hasFeature subject–object–verb word order
tonal language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative tendencies
hasOrganizationSupport Bible societies
surface form: Bible translation agencies

local language committees
hasOrthography standardized Latin-based orthography
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
vowel length distinctions
isEndangered yes
ISO639-3 mgd
isTaughtIn some primary schools in Moru areas
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
neighboringLanguages Avokaya language
Baka language (South Sudan)
Madi language
region Central Africa
spokenIn Equatoria region
South Sudan
status minority language
regional language
subfamily Moru–Madi
threatenedBy Arabic
English
usedBy Moru churches
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
religious activities
usedIn Western Equatoria State
parts of Central Equatoria State
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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