Anuak language
E347537
The Anuak language is a Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Anuak people of western Ethiopia and eastern South Sudan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anuak language canonical | 4 |
| Anyuak language | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Sudanic language
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ Nilotic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Dinka language
ⓘ
Luo language ⓘ
surface form:
Luo languages
Nuer language ⓘ Shilluk language ⓘ |
| country |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anuak people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| GlottologCode | anyu1244 ⓘ |
| GlottologName | Anywa ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Anuak
ⓘ
Anyuak ⓘ Anywa ⓘ Anywa ⓘ
surface form:
Anywaa
|
| hasBasicWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
regional varieties in Ethiopia
ⓘ
regional varieties in South Sudan ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
case-like relational markers
ⓘ
noun number marking ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
tone
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | anu ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Nilotic languages
ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages ⓘ |
| linguisticArea |
Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Nile region
|
| neighboringLanguages |
Dinka language
ⓘ
Majang language ⓘ Nuer language ⓘ Opuo language ⓘ
surface form:
Opo language
|
| region | Gambela Region ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Anuak people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ eastern South Sudan ⓘ western Ethiopia ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Western Nilotic language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in some primary schools in Anuak areas
ⓘ
local administration in Anuak areas ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anyuak language