Padhola language

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The Padhola language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Jopadhola people of eastern Uganda.

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Padhola language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Nilotic language
language
associatedWithReligion Christianity
traditional African religions
closelyRelatedTo Acholi language
Alur language NERFINISHED
Kumam language
Lango language NERFINISHED
country Uganda
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Jopadhola NERFINISHED
family Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
glottologCode padh1238
hasAlternativeName Adhola NERFINISHED
Dhopadhola NERFINISHED
Jopadhola NERFINISHED
Ludama NERFINISHED
hasDomain folklore
music
oral poetry
proverbs
hasGrammaticalFeature noun class-like gender distinctions
verb-initial tendencies
hasLexicalSimilarityWith other Luo languages of East Africa
hasMorphologyType agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature tone
vowel length contrast
hasWordOrder flexible word order with SVO tendencies
iso639-3Code adh
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
primaryUsage daily communication
local cultural practices
oral tradition
region Tororo District NERFINISHED
spokenBy Jopadhola people NERFINISHED
spokenByPopulation hundreds of thousands of speakers
spokenIn Eastern Uganda NERFINISHED
Uganda NERFINISHED
status regional language in Uganda
subfamily Western Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
subgroup Luo languages NERFINISHED
usedAlongside English NERFINISHED
Luganda NERFINISHED
Swahili NERFINISHED
usedInEducation early primary level in some local schools
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Western Nilotic languages hasMember Padhola language