Lokoya | |
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Lokoya | |
Native to | South Sudan |
Ethnicity | Nguleretanani, Oyira, Owe |
Native speakers | 85,000 (2017)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lky |
Glottolog | loko1254 |
Lokoya is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by an estimated 85,000 people in South Sudan. It is also referred to by various other names, including Ellyria, Koyo, Loirya, Ohoromok, Lokoiya, Lokoja, Loquia, Lowoi, Oirya, Owoi, and Oxoriok.[1]