Opuo language
| Opuuo | |
|---|---|
| Tʼapo | |
| Native to | Ethiopia,South Sudan |
| Region | Along theEthiopia–South Sudanborder |
| Ethnicity | Opo |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2014–2019)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lgn |
| Glottolog | opuu1239 |
| ELP | Opuuo |
TheOpuo(Opuuo, Opo) language, orTʼapo,is aKoman languagespoken by theOpo peopleofEthiopiaandSouth Sudan.It has a lexical similarity of 24% withKomo.The language is also called Opo-Shita, Opo, Opuo, Cita, Ciita, Shita (along withDana), Shiita, Ansita, Kina, and Kwina. The self-name for the language is Tʼapo. "Langa" is a derogatory term for its speakers used by theAnuak.[1]
Ethiopian speakers live in five villages along the South Sudan border north of the Anuak andNuer,and its South Sudanese inUpper Nile State,aroundKigilleandMaiwut;[citation needed]however, of the 286 speakers the 1994 Ethiopian Census records, 183 are in theOromia Region(mostly in theMirab Shewa Zone), 32 in theSouthern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region,and less than ten in either of the Regions closest to South Sudan.[2]
An early record of this language is a list of 32 village names and a wordlist dated February 1883 byJuan Maria Schuver,where he calls the language "Gambiel".[3]
References[edit]
- ^abOpuuoatEthnologue(27th ed., 2024)
- ^"The 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia"Archived2008-12-07 at theWayback Machine(accessed 31 January 2009)
- ^Wendy James,et al.,Juan Maria Schuver's Travels in North East Africa, 1880-1883(London: Hakluyt Society, 1996), pp. 335-340
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