Jur Modo

BEX

educational

Alternate Names: Jur, Modo

Dialects: Lori, Modo (Jur Modo, Modo Lali), Wetu, Wira.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Central Sudanic
West
Bongo-Bagirmi
Bongo-Baka
Morokodo-Beli

Demographics: 100,000 (2004 SIL).

Language Use: Vigorous. All domains, oral and written use in administration, commerce, written use in folk stories, keeping of family records. All ages. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Mo’da [gbn].

Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 1998.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: South Sudan