Ethnologue

Lopit

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Lafiit, Lafit, Lafite, Lofit, Lopid, Loppit

Population

50,000 (1995 S. Randal).

Location

Imatong 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].