Toposa

Toposa is a Nilotic language spoken in Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan.

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Toposa · 5.2°N 34.2°E

Toposa (also Akara, Kare, Kumi, Taposa, Topotha) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic) spoken in South Sudan by the Toposa people. Mutually intelligible language varieties include Jiye of South Sudan, Nyangatom of Ethiopia, Karimojong, Jie and Dodos of Uganda and Turkana of Kenya. Teso (spoken in both Kenya and Uganda) is lexically more distant.

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Words in Toposa

Meaning	Word	Romanization
name	kiro*
ear	ki*
hand	kani*
blood	akot*
skin	yeN*
water	kipi*
stone	moru*
mountain	moru*
tree	kitoe*
night	kwaro*
one	pei*
two	arei*
I	ayoN*
you	iyoN*
we	isua*
drink	mas*
see	any*
hear	ir*
die	twan*
come	bun*
path	rot*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Narim Didinga Dongotono Tirma-Chai Kacipo-Balesi Nyangatom Okolie Lopit Ik Murle

Elsewhere

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