Päri language

Päri
Päri
Lokoro
Native to	South Sudan
Region	Upper Nile State
Ethnicity	Pari people
Native speakers	79,000 (2017)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Western Nilotic Luo Northern Jur Päri; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lkr
Glottolog	pari1256

Päri, or Lokoro, is a Luo language of South Sudan. Päri has been claimed to have ergative alignment, which is rare-to-nonexistent in African languages, although recent descriptions of the language have instead described the case system as marked nominative (nominative–absolutive).

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