Lokoya language

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The Lokoya language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Lokoya people of South Sudan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language
Nilo-Saharan language
language
continent Africa
country South Sudan NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Lokoya people NERFINISHED
glottologName Lokoya NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Lokoiya
Ocolia NERFINISHED
Okoia NERFINISHED
Okoja NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue: Lokoya NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode loko1265
hasLinguisticFeature tone language
vowel length contrast
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
ISO639-3 lky
isSpokenInHills Imatong Mountains NERFINISHED
Lulubo Hills NERFINISHED
isSpokenNear Juba NERFINISHED
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
neighboringLanguage Lokoya-related Eastern Nilotic languages
Lotuko language NERFINISHED
Lulubo language NERFINISHED
Otuho language NERFINISHED
region Equatoria region NERFINISHED
riskStatus vulnerable
spokenBy Lokoya people NERFINISHED
spokenIn South Sudan
subfamily Eastern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
usedAlongside English in South Sudan NERFINISHED
Juba Arabic NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication within Lokoya communities
traditional cultural practices

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East Central Sudanic languages hasMember Lokoya language