Alternate Names: Beri
Dialects: Bari, Kuku, Ligo (Liggo), Nyangbara (Nyambara, Nyangwara), Nyepu (Ngyepu, Nyefu, Nyepo, Nypho), Pöjulu (Fadjulu, Fajelu, Madi, Pajulu). Lexical similarity: 86% with Bari and Nyepu dialects, 85% with Bari and Pöjulu, 81% with Bari and Kuku, 80% with Bari and Nyangbara, 71% with Mundari ,, 73% with Kakwa ,.
Status Notes: Regional language chosen for development by Rejaf Conference 1928.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 420,000 in South Sudan (2000). Population total all countries: 480,000. L2 users: 175,000 in South Sudan (2013 SIL).
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Kakwa [keo], Keliko [kbo], Ma’di [mhi], Mandari [mqu], Olu’bo [lul].
Language Development: Taught in some primary schools. Grammar. Bible: 1979.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: South Sudan
Other Comments: Ethnic Bari in Democratic Republic of the Congo now speak a dialect of Logo , and not Bari.