Region Southern Sudan Native speakers 50,000 (1995) Glottolog lopi1242 | Ethnicity Lopit people ISO 639-3 lpx | |
Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
Eastern Nilotic
Teso–Lotuxo–Maa
Lotuxo
Lopit | ||
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.
References
Lopit language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA