Toposa
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A language of South Sudan
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Akara, Kare, Kumi, Taposa, Topotha
Autonym
ŋatoposa
Population
100,000 (2000 M. Schroeder). Most are monolingual.
Location
Eastern Equatoria state: Kapoeta North, Kapoeta South and Kapoeta East counties; along Singaita and Lokalyen rivers.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
Typology
VSO (morphologically ergative); vowel harmony; questions: yes and no sentence final, content questions sentence initial and final; grammatical tone (tense, case).
Language Use
Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Tennet [tex].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Perhaps 2,000 can read. Taught in primary schools. Literature. Dictionary. Bible portions: 2002–2006.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].