Tennet

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A language of South Sudan

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Tenet
Population

10,000 (2009 SIL).

Location

Eastern Equatoria State, Lafon county, Arilo payam, Lovirang, Lomorotok, Longilayo, and Dorik villages.

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Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Surmic, South, Southwest, Didinga-Murle, Tennet
Dialects

Some intelligibility with Murle [mur], Narim [loh], and Didinga [did] (in descending order).

Typology

VSO; genitives, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word final; 4 suffixes; noun affixes indicate case; verb affixes mark person, number; agreement obligatory; passives; antipassives; causatives; comparatives; tonal

Language Use

All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Most also use Lopit [lpx], Toposa [toq], or Otuho [lot].

Language Development
Motivation for literacy is high. Taught in primary schools. Grammar. Bible portions: 1994–2011.
Writing
Latin script.