Languages of South Sudan

Languages of South Sudan
Languages of South Sudan
	English sign in Juba
Official	English
National	Bari; Dinka; Luo; Murle; Nuer; Zande; and around 6 other languages
Foreign	Arabic, Portuguese, French, Swahili
Signed	South Sudanese Sign Language
Keyboard layout	QWERTY;
Lingua francas	Juba Arabic; English; Bari; Dinka; Luo; Murle; Nuer; Zande;

South Sudan is a multilingual country, with over 60 indigenous languages spoken. The official language of the country is English which was introduced in the region during the colonial era (see Anglo-Egyptian Sudan).

Some of the indigenous languages with the most speakers include Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, and Zande.

Both English and Juba Arabic, an Arabic pidgin used by several thousand people especially in the capital city of Juba, serve as lingua francas.

^ "The Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011" (PDF). Government of South Sudan. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): The impact of language policy and practice on children's learning: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa 2016 (PDF; 672 kB), Pages 1–3, Retrieved 17 September 2018
^ Manfredi, Stefano (2013). "Juba Arabic (ÁRABI JÚBA): A "less indigenous language" of South Sudan". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
^ Manfredi Stefano; Tosco Mauro (2016), A new state, an old language policy, and a pidgin-creolo: Juba Arabic in South Sudan, Forthcoming: Sociolinguistic Studies 2016 (PDF; 1141 kB), Pages 1–18, Retrieved 17 September 2018
^ Manfredi Stefano; Tosco Mauro (2013), Language uses vs. language policy: South Sudan and Juba Arabic in the post-independence era (PDF; 301 kB), Pages 798–802, III Congresso Coordinamento Universitario per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Sep 2013, Turin, Italy. JUNCO, Journal of Universities and International Development Cooperation, 2014, Imagining Cultures of Cooperation – Proceedings of the III CUCS Congress, Turin 19–21 September 2013, Retrieved 17 September 2018
^ Ethnologue: Ethnologue Languages of the World – South Sudan, Retrieved 17 September 2018.

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[1] "The Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011" (PDF). Government of South Sudan. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[UNICEF-3] United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): The impact of language policy and practice on children's learning: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa 2016 (PDF; 672 kB), Pages 1–3, Retrieved 17 September 2018

[4] Manfredi, Stefano (2013). "Juba Arabic (ÁRABI JÚBA): A "less indigenous language" of South Sudan". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[5] Manfredi Stefano; Tosco Mauro (2016), A new state, an old language policy, and a pidgin-creolo: Juba Arabic in South Sudan, Forthcoming: Sociolinguistic Studies 2016 (PDF; 1141 kB), Pages 1–18, Retrieved 17 September 2018

[6] Manfredi Stefano; Tosco Mauro (2013), Language uses vs. language policy: South Sudan and Juba Arabic in the post-independence era (PDF; 301 kB), Pages 798–802, III Congresso Coordinamento Universitario per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Sep 2013, Turin, Italy. JUNCO, Journal of Universities and International Development Cooperation, 2014, Imagining Cultures of Cooperation – Proceedings of the III CUCS Congress, Turin 19–21 September 2013, Retrieved 17 September 2018

[Ethnologue-7] Ethnologue: Ethnologue Languages of the World – South Sudan, Retrieved 17 September 2018.

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