Ma’di language
E924695
The Ma’di language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Ma’di people of South Sudan and northern Uganda.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Sudanic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | East Central Sudanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
South Sudan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ma’di people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | madi1260 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Madi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Madi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ma’di (Uganda and South Sudan) ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Northern Ma’di
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Ma’di NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
noun class-like agreement patterns
ⓘ
verbal aspect marking ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | mhi ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchOn |
morphology
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ syntax ⓘ tone system ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant length distinctions
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
South Sudan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Central Sudanic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Acholi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bari language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kakwa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lugbara language ⓘ |
| region | East Africa ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Equatoria region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Eastern Nilotic–Central Sudanic contact languages ⓘ |
| typology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| usedAsL2In | border areas of South Sudan and Uganda ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural ceremonies of the Ma’di people
ⓘ
daily communication among Ma’di people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education in some primary schools in Ma’di areas
ⓘ
local administration in Ma’di areas ⓘ oral tradition of the Ma’di people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.