Madi
E904339
Madi is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Madi people in parts of South Sudan and northern Uganda.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Sudanic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Madi oral traditions
ⓘ
Madi traditional culture ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Central Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan (in many classifications) ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
South Sudan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Madi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Central Sudanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Madi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ma’di NERFINISHED ⓘ Ma’di language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Gbariba-related varieties (sometimes classified)
ⓘ
Lokai Madi NERFINISHED ⓘ Metu Madi NERFINISHED ⓘ Moyo Madi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
noun class-like agreement patterns (in some analyses)
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length contrasts (gemination)
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mhi ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Acholi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuku NERFINISHED ⓘ Lugbara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Madi areas of South Sudan
ⓘ
Madi areas of northern Uganda ⓘ |
| region | Central Africa ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Equatoria region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | regional language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eastern Nilotic–Central Sudanic contact area language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Madi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
church services
ⓘ
local education (some schools) ⓘ oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northwestern Uganda