Bari | Ethnologue

A language of South Sudan

ISO 639: bfa
Autonym: Bari
Population: 941,000, all users. L1 users: 766,000 (2017). L2 users: 175,000 (2013 SIL).
Location:: Central Equatoria state: Juba and Lainya counties; both banks of the Nile, south of Terakeka on west bank, Mongalla on east bank.
Language Status: 3 (Wider communication). Regional language chosen for development by Rejaf Conference 1928.
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Nilotic, Eastern, Bari
Dialects: Bari, Nyangbara (Nyambara, Nyangwara), Nyepu (Ngyepu, Nyefu, Nyepo, Nypho), Pöjulu (Fadjulu, Fajelu, Madi, Pajulu), Ligo (Liggo). Lexical similarity: 86% with Bari and Nyepu dialects, 85% with Bari and Pöjulu, 80% with Bari and Nyangbara, 81% with Kuku [ukv], 71% with Mundari [mqu], 73% with Kakwa [keo].
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Kakwa [keo], Keliko [kbo], Ma’di [mhi], Mandari [mqu], Olu’bo [lul].
Language Development: Taught in some primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1979.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bari
Writing: Latin script [Latn], used since 1927.
Other Comments: Ethnic Bari in Democratic Republic of the Congo now speak a dialect of Logo [log] and not Bari.

Location: Central Equatoria state: Juba and Lainya counties; both banks of the Nile, south of Terakeka on west bank, Mongalla on east bank.