Tennet | Ethnologue

A language of South Sudan

ISO 639: tex
Alternate Names: Tenet, Tennette
Autonym: Te̱nne̱tte̱
Population: 10,000 (2009 SIL).
Location:: Eastern Equatoria state: Lafon county, Arilo division, Dorik, Lomorotok, Longilayo, and Lovirang villages.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), 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. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Lopit [lpx]. Also use Otuho [lot]. Also use Toposa [toq].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Motivation for literacy is high. Taught in primary schools. Literature. NT: 2019.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tennet
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Eastern Equatoria state: Lafon county, Arilo division, Dorik, Lomorotok, Longilayo, and Lovirang villages.