Laarim language explained

Laarim
Also Known As:Narim
Nativename:Laarim
States:South Sudan
Region:Laarim Hills
Ethnicity:Laarim
Speakers:3,600
Date:1984
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic?
Fam3:Southern Eastern
Fam4:Surmic
Fam5:South
Fam6:Southwest
Fam7:Didinga–Murle
Fam8:Didinga–Longarim
Iso3:loh
Glotto:nari1240
Glottorefname:Narim

Laarim (Larim, Longarim) or Narim is a Surmic language spoken by the Laarim people of the Laarim Hills of South Sudan.

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Laarim is spoken in 10 villages of northern Budi County, Eastern Equatoria State. Stirtz (2011)[1] reports that there are as many as 22,000 speakers, living mainly in 14 villages west of Chukudum town.

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Notes and References

  1. Stirtz, Timothy M. 2011. Laarim (loh) Tone. SIL Electronic Working Papers 2011-012. 91.