Lopa language

Lopa
Rerang
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Niger State
Native speakers	5,000 (1996)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Kainji Kainji Lake? Lopa
Dialects	Ollop Urcibar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lop`
Glottolog	`lopa1238`^[2]

Rerang
Person	dɔ̀ɾìɾã́ŋ
People	òːɾìɾã́ŋ
Language	òlːèɾã́ŋ (Olleran)

Rop (n. dialect)
Person	dɔ̀ɾóp
People	òːɾɔ́p
Language	òlːɔ́p (Ollop)

Rop (s. dialect)
Person	dɔ̀tʃíbár
People	òːtʃíbár
Language	ɘ̀ɹtʃíbár (Urcibar)

Lopa (Rop) is a minor Kainji language of Nigeria. Ethnic Lopa neighboring Busa have shifted to that language.

References

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

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