Päri language
Päri, or Lokoro, is a Luo language of South Sudan. Päri has been claimed to have ergative alignment,[3] which is rare-to-nonexistent in African languages, although recent descriptions of the language have instead described the case system as marked nominative (nominative–absolutive).[4][5]
| Päri | |
|---|---|
| Lokoro | |
| Native to | South Sudan |
| Region | Upper Nile State |
| Ethnicity | Pari people |
Native speakers | 79,000 (2017)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lkr |
| Glottolog | pari1256 |
References
- Päri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. p.5
- T. Anderson (1988) 'Ergativity in Päri, a Nilotic OVS language', Lingua 75:289–324, cited in R.M.W. Dixon (1994) Ergativity
- G. Dimmendaal (2010) 'Differential Object Marking in Nilo-Saharan' Journal of African Linguistics and Languages 31:13-46
- C. König 2008 'Case in Africa' Oxford University Press
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