Tennet

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A language of South Sudan

ISO 639-3
tex
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

5 (Developing).

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

None known. 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. Also use Lopit [lpx], Otuho [lot], Toposa [toq].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Motivation for literacy is high. Taught in primary schools. Grammar. Bible portions: 1994–2014.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tennet
Writing

Latin script [Latn].