Madi of Uganda

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Madi of Uganda is a regional variety of the Madi language spoken by Madi communities in northern Uganda.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Madi of South Sudan 2
Madi (Uganda variety) 1
Madi of Uganda canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language variety
regional dialect
closelyRelatedTo Madi of South Sudan
linked to: Madi of Uganda
country Uganda
ethnicGroupAssociated Madi people of Uganda
hasAlternativeName Madi (Uganda variety)
linked to: Madi of Uganda

Ugandan Madi
linked to: Madi of Uganda
hasDialects local village varieties
hasISO639-3CodeOfParentLanguage mad
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrasts
contrastive vowel length
hasTypologicalFeature SVO basic word order
tone language
languageFamily Central Sudanic languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
minorityLanguageIn Uganda
partOf Madi linguistic continuum
region West Nile sub-region
regionallyInfluencedBy neighboring Nilotic and Central Sudanic languages
spokenBy Madi people
spokenIn Uganda
spokenInRegion Northern Uganda
subdivisionOf Madi language
usedAlongside English in Uganda
Juba Arabic (in cross-border contexts)
linked to: Juba Arabic
usedFor everyday communication
local cultural practices
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Madi language hasDialect Madi of Uganda
Madi language hasDialect Madi of South Sudan
linked to: Madi of Uganda
Madi of Uganda closelyRelatedTo Madi of South Sudan
linked to: Madi of Uganda
Madi of Uganda hasAlternativeName Ugandan Madi
linked to: Madi of Uganda
Madi of Uganda hasAlternativeName Madi (Uganda variety)
linked to: Madi of Uganda
Lugbara–Ma’di cluster hasMember Ma’di of Uganda
linked to: Madi of Uganda