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Avokaya (also spelled Abukeia, Avukaya, or, in Arabic script, ابوكية) is a Central Sudanic language spoken in southern South
Sudan and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Avokaya speakers occupy a contiguous area along both sides of the international
boundary, with Maridi in South Sudan and Faradje in Congo as the main centres of the language. In 2002, the number of Avokaya
speakers in South Sudan was estimated to be 40,000, replacing the inaccurate 1982 estimate of 15,000. However, the 1989 estimate
of 25,000 speakers in the Congo still stands. Avokaya's two main dialects are Ajugu, which is spoken in the border area of
the two countries south of Maridi, and Ojila, which is spoken in the region between the Naam (Era) and Olo rivers, and slightly
east of there. These two dialects are spoken in both countries, with the smaller dialects of Northern Ogambi and Avokaya Pur
spoken only in the Faradje region, Congo. Avokaya is closest to Logo, especially in the Northern Ogambi dialect (whereas the
Ogambi dialect is a dialect of Logo rather than Avokaya. A high degree of code switching exists among Avokaya and Logo speakers
in the Faradje region. In Maridi, there is much bilingualism and intermarriage with speakers of Baka and Mündü . Juba, Sudanese
Arabic and English are used for wider communication by speakers in Sudan, while, in the Congo, speakers tend to use Swahili,
Lingala and French. |
Names (more)[br] Avokayeg[en] Avokaya language [fr] Avokaya [hr] Avokaya jezik [mk] Авокајаски јазик [sr] Авокаја језик [sw] Kiavokaya |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : avuLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/avuhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:avu More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: avuFreebase ISO 639-3 : avu GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |