Toposa language

E249869

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 24

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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 ⓘ
Lotuko language → neighboringLanguages → Toposa language ⓘ
Turkana language → closelyRelatedTo → Toposa language ⓘ
Tennet language → neighboringLanguages → Toposa language ⓘ
Laarim language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Toposa language ⓘ
Teso–Turkana group → hasPart → Toposa language ⓘ
Didinga language → neighboringLanguages → Toposa language ⓘ
Ateker languages → hasMember → Toposa language ⓘ
Kidepo Toposa → hasAncestor → Toposa language ⓘ
Jie language (Uganda) → relatedTo → Toposa language ⓘ
Greater Kapoeta area → languageSpoken → Toposa language ⓘ
Topotha → alternativeName → Toposa language ⓘ
Toposa → languageSpoken → Toposa language ⓘ
Kiyala Toposa → partOf → Toposa language ⓘ
Kiyala Toposa → isDialectOf → Toposa language ⓘ
Toposa people → language → Toposa language ⓘ
Kapoeta region → hasLanguage → Toposa language ⓘ
Mourle → neighboringLanguages → Toposa language ⓘ