Kuku language

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The Kuku language is a Western Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Kuku people of South Sudan and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kuku language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ
Western Nilotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Kuku of Kajo-Keji ⓘ
linked to: Kuku

Kuku of Morobo ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Nile-Congo-Sudan region ⓘ
linked to: Sudanic belt
closelyRelatedTo Bari language ⓘ
Kakwa language ⓘ
Mundari language ⓘ
linked to: Mundari

Nyangwara language ⓘ
Pöjulu language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Sudan ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kuku people NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologName Kuku ⓘ
hasDialects local village varieties ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasGlottocode kuku1284 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code koe ⓘ
languageBranch Bari language cluster ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Western Nilotic languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
primaryRegion Kajo-Keji County ⓘ
Morobo County ⓘ
region Central Equatoria ⓘ
spokenBy Kuku people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
usedAlongside English ⓘ
Juba Arabic ⓘ
usedIn daily communication among Kuku people ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Western Nilotic languages → hasMember → Kuku language ⓘ
Bari language → closelyRelatedTo → Kuku language ⓘ