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Lokoya language information


Lokoya
Lokoya
Native toSouth Sudan
EthnicityNguleretanani, Oyira, Owe
Native speakers
85,000 (2017)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic?
    • Southern Eastern?
      • Nilotic
        • Eastern
          • Lotuko–Teso
            • Lotuko–Maa
              • Lotuko
                • Lotuko–Lokoya
                  • Lokoya
Language codes
ISO 639-3lky
Glottologloko1254

Lokoya is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by an estimated 85,000 people in South Sudan. It is also referred to by various other names, including Ellyria, Koyo, Loirya, Ohoromok, Lokoiya, Lokoja, Loquia, Lowoi, Oirya, Owoi, and Oxoriok.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lokoya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

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