KOE ISO 639-3
Suri, Kacipo-Bale
Suri Autonym
A language of South Sudan
- ISO 639
- koe
- Alternate Names
- Kachepo, Kachipo, Kacipo, Kacipo-Balesi
- Autonym
- Suri
- Population
- 5,000 in South Sudan (2010 SIL). Almost all monolingual. Total users in all countries: 7,360.
- Location:
- Eastern Equatoria state: northwest corner; Jonglei state: Pibor county, Mewun, Rumeat, and Upper Boma villages on Boma plateau near Ethiopia border.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Surmic, South, Southwest, Kacipo-Balesi
- Dialects
- None known. Lexical similarity: 40%–54% with Murle [mur], 35% with Mursi [muz].
- Typology
- VSO.
- Language Use
- All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes.
- Language Development
- Dictionary.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Suri, Kacipo-Bale
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: south border with Sudan.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Different from Tirmaga-Chai Suri [suq]. View other languages of Ethiopia
Language Name
Suri, Kacipo-Bale
User Population
2,360 in Ethiopia (2007 census). Ethnic population: 2,700 (2007 census).
Map
Location: Eastern Equatoria state: northwest corner; Jonglei state: Pibor county, Mewun, Rumeat, and Upper Boma villages on Boma plateau near Ethiopia border.
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