Laarim language
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The Laarim language is a Surmic language spoken by the Laarim people of South Sudan, known for its complex tone system and rich noun morphology.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Sudanic language
ⓘ
Surmic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Boya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Longarim NERFINISHED ⓘ Narim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV (subject–object–verb) ⓘ |
| hasCountry | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationStatus | under-documented ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan contact zone ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Laarim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | laar1238 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | lrm ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Surmic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageSubfamily | South Surmic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
case marking on nouns ⓘ complex tone system ⓘ noun class-like gender distinctions ⓘ rich noun morphology ⓘ tone-marked grammatical contrasts ⓘ tone-marked lexical contrasts ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | fusional-agglutinative mix ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Boyya-related varieties
ⓘ
Didinga language NERFINISHED ⓘ Toposa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate | a few thousand ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length contrasts
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ multiple tone levels ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Eastern Equatoria State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in South Sudan ⓘ |
| hasUsage | primarily oral ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isGeneticallyRelatedTo |
Didinga language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Me’en language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mursi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Suri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennet language ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
daily communication within Laarim communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual and cultural practices ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Laarim people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.