Lokoya language

E946860

The Lokoya language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Lokoya people of South Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lokoya language canonical 4
Ethnologue: Lokoya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Nilotic language
Nilo-Saharan language
language
continent Africa
country South Sudan
ethnicGroup Lokoya people NERFINISHED
glottologName Lokoya
hasAlternativeName Lokoiya
Ocolia
Okoia
linked to: Okoja

Okoja
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue: Lokoya
linked to: Lokoya language
hasGlottocode loko1265
hasLinguisticFeature tone language
vowel length contrast
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
ISO639-3 lky
isSpokenInHills Imatong Mountains
Lulubo Hills
linked to: Didinga Hills
isSpokenNear Juba
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
neighboringLanguage Lokoya-related Eastern Nilotic languages
Lotuko language
Lulubo language
Otuho language
region Equatoria region
riskStatus vulnerable
spokenBy Lokoya people NERFINISHED
spokenIn South Sudan
subfamily Eastern Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages
usedAlongside English in South Sudan
Juba Arabic
usedFor daily communication within Lokoya communities
traditional cultural practices

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

East Central Sudanic languages hasMember Lokoya language
Lokoya language hasEthnologueEntry Ethnologue: Lokoya
linked to: Lokoya language
Otuho language neighboringLanguages Lokoya language
Lulubo language hasNeighboringLanguage Lokoya language