Moru language

E262316

The Moru language is a Central Sudanic language spoken primarily by the Moru people of South Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moru language canonical 20
Moru language of Papua New Guinea 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Moru people ⓘ
family Central Sudanic ⓘ
glottocode moru1253 ⓘ
glottologName Moru ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers 100000+ ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation yes ⓘ
hasDialect Andri ⓘ
Lakamadi ⓘ
Miza ⓘ
Moru proper ⓘ
Wira ⓘ
hasFeature subject–object–verb word order ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative tendencies ⓘ
hasOrganizationSupport Bible translation agencies ⓘ
linked to: Bible societies

local language committees ⓘ
hasOrthography standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ
isEndangered yes ⓘ
ISO639-3 mgd ⓘ
isTaughtIn some primary schools in Moru areas ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Avokaya language ⓘ
Baka language (South Sudan) ⓘ
Madi language ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Equatoria region ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
status minority language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
subfamily Moru–Madi ⓘ
threatenedBy Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
usedBy Moru churches ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious activities ⓘ
usedIn Western Equatoria State ⓘ
parts of Central Equatoria State ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Central Sudanic languages → hasPart → Moru language ⓘ
Keliko language → neighboringLanguage → Moru language ⓘ
Western Nilotic languages → hasMember → Moru language ⓘ
Lugbara → closelyRelatedTo → Moru language ⓘ
Miza → subdivisionOf → Moru language ⓘ
Miza → hasAncestorLanguage → Moru language ⓘ
Miza → sharesLexiconWith → Moru language ⓘ
Miza → sharesGrammarWith → Moru language ⓘ
Lakamadi → subdivisionOf → Moru language ⓘ
Andri → subdivisionOf → Moru language ⓘ
Abukaya → closelyRelatedTo → Moru language ⓘ
Logo language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Moru language ⓘ
Lugbare → closelyRelatedTo → Moru language ⓘ
Moru → isNotSameAs → Moru language of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Moru language
Western Equatoria State → hasLanguage → Moru language ⓘ
Omi language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Moru language ⓘ
Lugbara–Ma’di cluster → hasMember → Moru language ⓘ