Tennet

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A language of South Sudan

ISO 639-3
tex
Alternate Names
Tenet, Tennette
Autonym
Te̱nne̱tte̱
User Population

10,000 (2009 SIL).

Location

Eastern Equatoria state: Lafon county, Arilo division, Dorik, Lomorotok, Longilayo, and Lovirang villages.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Surmic, South, Southwest, Didinga-Murle, Tennet
Dialects

None known. Some intelligibility with Murle [mur], Narim [loh], and Didinga [did] (in descending order).

Typology

VSO; genitives, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word final; 4 suffixes; noun affixes indicate case; verb affixes mark person, number; agreement obligatory; passives; antipassives; causatives; comparatives; tonal.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Lopit [lpx]. Also use Otuho [lot]. Also use Toposa [toq].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Motivation for literacy is high. Taught as subject in some primary schools through grade 3. Literature. NT: 2019.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tennet
Writing

Latin script [Latn].