Toposa language

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The Toposa language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Toposa people of South Sudan and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Toposa language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language
Nilo-Saharan language
natural language
alternativeName Toposa-Turkana
Topotha
closelyRelatedTo Jie language (Uganda)
Karamojong language
Teso language
Turkana language
countryOfOrigin South Sudan
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnologueEntry Toposa
glottocode topo1244
hasBiblePortions translated selections of Christian scriptures
hasDialect Kidepo Toposa
Kiyala Toposa
Murle-influenced Toposa
hasGrammaticalFeature case-marking by suffixes
rich verbal morphology
verb-initial word order tendency
hasPhonologicalFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony
tone
iso639-3Code toq
languageFamily Eastern Nilotic
Nilo-Saharan
Nilotic
linked to: Nilotic languages
primaryCountry South Sudan
primaryEthnicGroup Toposa
region Greater Kapoeta area
spokenBy Toposa people
spokenIn Eastern Equatoria State
Ethiopia
Kapoeta region
Kenya
South Sudan
Uganda
subfamilyOf Ateker languages
Eastern Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages
Teso–Turkana languages
linked to: Nilotic languages
usedFor local trade
oral tradition
pastoralist terminology
usedInEducation non-formal education programs
usedInReligion local church activities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teso language closelyRelatedTo Toposa language
Nilotic languages majorLanguage Toposa language
Ateso isRelatedTo Toposa language
Teso closelyRelatedTo Toposa language
Murle language neighboringLanguage Toposa language