Flashcards: Languages of South Sudan

Dinka, or Thuɔŋjäŋ, is a Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people, the major ethnic group of South Sudan.

Shilluk or Dhøg Cøllø is a Nilotic language spoken by the Shilluk people of South Sudan and Sudan.

Acoli (also Acholi, Akoli, Acooli, Atscholi, Shuli, Gang, Lwoo, Lwo, Lok Acoli, Dok Acoli) is a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Acholi people in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader (a region known as Acholiland) in northern Uganda.

Southern Burun is a Nilotic language of Sudan.

Jur, also known as Luwo (Luo, Dheluwo), is a language spoken by Luwo people of Bahr el Ghazal region in South Sudan.

Anuak or Anywa is a Nilotic language of the Nilo-Saharan language family.

Juba Arabic is a lingua franca spoken mainly in Equatoria Province in South Sudan, and derives its name from the town of Juba, South Sudan.

The Nuer language is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Western Nilotic group.

Zande is the largest of the Zande languages.

The Opuuo language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Shita of Ethiopia and South Sudan.

Reel, or Atwot, is a Nilotic language of South Sudan that is closely related to Nuer.

Indri (Yanderika, Yandirika) is a Ubangian language of South Sudan.

Feroge (Feroghe), endonym Kaligi, is a Ubangian language of South Sudan.

Mangaya (Buga) is a Ubangian language of South Sudan.

Togoyo (Togoy) is an extinct Ubangian language of South Sudan.

Lango (or Langgo) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken an estimated 38,000 people in South Sudan.

Homa is an extinct South Sudanese Bantu language of uncertain affiliation.

West Banda is a minor Banda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.

Sudan and South Sudan have multiple regional sign languages, which are not mutually intelligible.

Murle (also Ajibba, Beir, Merule, Mourle, Murele, Murule) is a Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Murle people, spoken in the southeast of South Sudan, near the Ethiopian border.

Bari is the Nilotic language of the Karo people, spoken over large areas of Central Equatoria state in South Sudan, across the northwest corner of Uganda, and into the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bongo (Bungu), also known as Dor, is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan.

The Surmic Languages are a branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family.

Avokaya (also spelled Abukeia, Avukaya, or, in Arabic script, ابوكية) is a Central Sudanic language spoken in southern South Sudan and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Baka (Tara Baka) is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan, with the majority living in an area centered on Maridi, South Sudan, but also a couple thousand speakers in the DRC.

Jur Modo, also known as Jur or Modo, is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Jur Modo people of South Sudan.

This article is about the language for the ethnic group see Kuku people.

Lokoya is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by an estimated 12,400 people in South Sudan.

The Lopit language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by aroung 50,000 people in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan.

Lotuko (Lotuxo), also known as Otuho, is the language of the Lotuko people of Eastern Equatoria, an area in South Sudan.

Toposa (also Akara, Kare, Kumi, Taposa, Topotha) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic) spoken in South Sudan by the Toposa people.

The Baale language, Baleesi or Baalesi, is an Eastern Sudanic language of Ethiopia and South Sudan, spoken by the Baale or Zilmamo people of Ethiopia and the Kachepo of South Sudan.

The Didinga language (’Di’dinga) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Chukudum and Lowudo peoples of the Didinga Hills of South Sudan.

Narim or Larim (Longarim) is an Surmic language of the Boya Hills of South Sudan.

Suri (Churi, Dhuri, Shuri, Shuro), is a Nilo-Saharan Eastern Sudanic language, of the Surmic grouping.

Aja is a Central Sudanic language spoken in the southern South Sudanese province of Bahr el Ghazal and along the South Sudanese border in the Central African Republic.

Ndogo is a Ubangian language, one of the nine major languages of South Sudan, and is taught in primary school.

Olu’bo or Lolubo is a Central Sudanic language spoken by 15.

Moru is a Central Sudanic language spoken in South Sudan by the Moru people.

Kresh is a small family of South Sudan.

’Beli, or Jur Beli, is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Beli and Sopi people of South Sudan.

Kresh, also known as Kresh-Ndogo and Gbaya-Ndogo, is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan and the prestige variety of the Kresh languages.

Naka, also known as Kresh-Boro, is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan.

Born in Raga (Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan) in 1985, native Kresh language speaker, Naomi Baki is a French and South Sudanese author and advocate for South Sudan.

Dongotono (Dongotono pronunciation: /dóŋòtónò/) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by an estimated 5,000 people in South Sudan.

Bai (Belanda, Biri, BGamba, Gumba, Mbegumba, Mvegumba) is a Ubangian language of South Sudan.

Belanda Viri (Bviri, Belanda, Biri, BGamba, Gumba, Mbegumba, Mvegumba) is a Ubangian language of South Sudan.