Baka language (South Sudan)

Not to be confused with Baka language (Cameroon).

Baka
Native to	South Sudan
Native speakers	26,000 (1993)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Bongo–Baka Baka
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bdh`
Glottolog	`baka1274`^[2]

Baka (Tara Baka) is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan, with the majority living in an area centered on Maridi, South Sudan, but also a couple thousand speakers in the DRC. It has consonants with trilled release such as /dr/ and /ɡ͡bʙ/.

References

↑ Baka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baka (Sudan)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of South Sudan

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Acholi Aja Avokaya Baale Bai Baka Bari Belanda Viri Beli Bongo Didinga Dinka Dongotono Homa Indri Juba Arabic Jur Jur Modo Kaligi Kresh Kuku Lango Lokoya Lopit Lotuko Mangaya Moru Murle Naka Narim Ndogo Nuer Olu’bo Opuo Shilluk Suri Togoyo Toposa West Banda Zande

Central Sudanic languages

Bongo–Bagirmi

Bongo–Baka	Baka Bongo Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

Kara	Furu Tar Gula Yulu

Bagirmi	Barma Beraku Disa Fer Gula Jaya Kenga Morom Naba

Sara	Dagba Doba Gulay Horo Kabba of Gore Laka Mbay Nar Ngam Ngambay Sar

Kaba	Kaba Deme Kaba Na Kulfa

Vale	Ruto Vale

Other	Birri Fongoro Sinyar Yulu

Lendu
Ngiti

Moru–Madi

Moru

Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi

Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Other

Mimi of Decorse

Italics indicate extinct languages

Authority control	LCCN: sh85011063 SUDOC: 027991091 BNF: cb11991664v (data)

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