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Jur Modo

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: bex

Population	100,000 (2004 SIL).
Region	South, Mvolo area; Naam (Olo) River.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Jur, Modo
Dialects	Lori, Modo (Jur Modo, Modo Lali), Wira, Wetu.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Bongo-Baka, Morokodo-Beli
Language use	Vigorous. All domains, oral and written use in administration, commerce, written use in folk stories, keeping of family records. All ages. Positive attitude. Many also use Sudanese Arabic [apd], Dinka, Moru [mgd], Baka [bdh], or Zande [zne].
Language development	Taught in primary schools. NT: 1998.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PERSSON, Andrew M., author. 1981. "Clause types in Jur Mödö."

PERSSON, Andrew M.; PERSSON, Janet, authors. 1991. Mödö-English dictionary with grammar.

PERSSON, Janet, author. 1981. "Notes on the phonology of Jur Mödö."

PERSSON, Janet, author. 1984. "Some notes on Jur Mödö demonstratives."

PERSSON, Janet, author. 1986. "Trees, plants and a rural community in the southern Sudan."

PERSSON, Janet, author. 2004. "Bongo-Bagirmi languages in Sudan."

Vernacular Publications

Akiyandi ʼba tïdëkï waraga, buku 1. 1984.

Akiyandi ʼba tïdëkï waraga, buku 2. 1984.

Buku ma. 1996.

Dɔ mali öʼdö. 1995.

Komo. 1996.

Loma ma laka. 2000.

Mora. 1996.

Yï mökö. 1995.