THU ISO 639-3
Thuri
A language of South Sudan
- ISO 639
- thu
- Alternate Names
- Dhe Thuri, Jo Thuri, Shatt, Wada Thuri
- Population
- 6,600 (Tucker and Bryan 1956).
- Location:
- Northern Bahr al Ghazal state: Aweil Centre county, Bar-Mayen and Nyabulo; Raga county, east of Deim Zubeir on roads to Wau; Lol river west of Marial-Bai.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Nilotic, Western, Luo, Northern, Thuri
- Dialects
- Bodho (Dembo, Demen, Dhe Boodho, Dombo), Colo (Dhe Colo, Jo Colo, Jur Shol), Manangeer (Jur Manangeer).
- Language Use
- Thuri groups are nearly absorbed into Dinka groups. Shifting to Southwestern Dinka [dik] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Also use Luwo [lwo].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Thuri
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Different from Shatt [shj] in the Daju group.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Northern Bahr al Ghazal state: Aweil Centre county, Bar-Mayen and Nyabulo; Raga county, east of Deim Zubeir on roads to Wau; Lol river west of Marial-Bai.
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