Jur Modo

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A language of South Sudan

ISO 639-3
bex
Alternate Names
Jur, Jur Mödö
Autonym
Mödö
User Population

180,000 (2017).

Location

Western Equatoria state: Mvolo county.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Bongo-Baka, Morokodo-Beli
Dialects

Lori, Modo (Jur Modo, Modo Lali), Wira, Wetu.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains, oral and written use in administration, commerce, written use in folk stories, keeping of family records. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Mo’da [gbn].

Language Development

Taught as subject in some primary schools through grade 3. The Ministry of Education, supported by donors, has started a pilot project to develop materials for teaching Jur Modo as a subject and as language of instruction up to grade 3 in some schools. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1998. Agency: Modo Language Society.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Jur Modo
Writing

Latin script [Latn].