ISO 639-3 · lkylky
Nilo-Saharan family
Lokoya
Lokoya is a language of the Eastern Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in South Sudan.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lky- Glottocode
loko1254- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lokoya |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lokoya language, Koyo, Ellyria, Loirya, Ohoromok |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Lokoya
The branches above Lokoya, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in South Sudan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafemsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mapdSudanese Arabicunclassified · 31.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationshkShillukNilo-Saharan · 2 m5 · DevelopingdinDinkaNilo-Saharan · 1.4 machAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingnusNuerNilo-Saharan · 900,0004 · Educational