Lopit | |
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Region | Southern Sudan |
Ethnicity | Lopit people |
Native speakers
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50,000 (1995) |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | lopi1242 |
The Lopit language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by aroung 50,000 people in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. Lopit is part of the Lotuko-Teso subfamily and is related to Lotuko, Turkana and Maasai. Lopit is a VSO language and has a complex tonal system.
The Lopit language has six different dialects: Ngabori, Dorik, Ngotira, Omiaha, Lohutok, and Lolongo.