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Avokaya

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: avu

Population	40,000 in Sudan (2002). Population total all countries: 65,000.
Region	South, Western Equatorial Province. Ajugu is on Sudan-Congo border south of Maridi; Ojila mainly between Naam (Era) and Olo rivers and east. Also in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Abukeia, Avukaya
Dialects	Ojila (Odzila, Odziliwa), Ajugu (Adjiga, Ojiga, Agamoru). Similar to Logo [log]. Avokaya Pur near Faradje is more similar to Logo than to the Ojila dialect of Sudan.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, East, Moru-Madi, Central
Language use	Used in all domains. All ages. Also use Baka [bdh] and Mundu [muh], especially near Maridi.
Language development	NT: 2002.
Writing system	Latin script.

Also spoken in:

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Language name	Avokaya
Population	25,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (1989 SIL). 2,000 Ojila, 10,000 Northern Ogambi.
Region	Orientale Province, Faradje Territory, near Sudan border.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Abukeia, Avukaya
Dialects	Ojila, Ajigu (Ajugu), Northern Ogambi, Avokaya Pur.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CALLINAN, Lynne, author. 1981. "A preliminary study of Avokaya phonemes."

CALLINAN, Lynne, author. 1984. "Sentence constructions in Avokaya."

GILLEY, Leoma G.; KILPATRICK, Eileen, authors. 2004. "The importance of word order in explaining tone patterns in Avokaya verbs."

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 1981. "Avokaya predication."

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 1984. "General narratives and folk tales in Avokaya."

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 1984. "Use of genitives in Avokaya."

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 2000. "Participant reference in Avokaya narrative texts."

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 2004. "Orthographies of Moru-Maʼdi languages."

WATSON, Richard L.; WISE, Mary Ruth, editors. 1984. Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages No. 5.  

Vernacular Publications

Búkũ tã îgĩ kâ. 1992.

I’dígówá zĩzĩ íyî drĩ sĩ 2. 1995.

Iʼdígówá Avõkáyâ kâ. 1989.

Iʼdígówá zĩzĩ íyî drĩ sĩ 1. 1994.

Ngá îmbâ Avõkáyã tî kã. 1991.

Tãkó. 1993.