Alternate Names: Adkibba, Agiba, Ajibba, Beir, Merule, Mourle, Murelei, Murule
Dialects: Ethnic subgroups: Lotilla, Boma, and Olam (Ngalam). Maacir may be a dialect or ethnic group. Lexical similarity: 74% with Narim ,, 71% with Didinga ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 60,000 in South Sudan (1982 SIL). Population total all countries: 60,001.
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Very few schools due to pastoral lifestyle and inter-tribal tension. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1996.
Typology: VSO; postpositions; genitives and relatives follow noun heads; suffixes indicate case; question words final; verbal affixes (prefixes and suffixes) distinguish subject person and number.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: South Sudan
Other Comments: Taught in churches; most church pastors literate in Murle.