Ethnologue

Lopit

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Lafiit, Lafit, Lafite, Lofit, Lopid, Loppit

Population

50,000 (1995 S. Randal).

Location

Eastern Equatoria State, Lafon county, north end of Lopit Hills.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Lolongo, Logonowati, Mura, Iboni. Lexical similarity: 63% with Otuho [lot].

Language Use

All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Tennet [tex].

Language Development

Orthography developed. Dictionary.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].