Tennet

TEX

developing

Alternate Names: Tenet

Dialects: None known. Some intelligibility with Murle ,, Narim ,, and Didinga , (in descending order).

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Eastern
Surmic
South
Southwest
Didinga-Murle
Tennet

Demographics: 10,000 (2009 SIL).

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Lopit [lpx], Otuho [lot], Toposa [toq].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Motivation for literacy is high. Taught in primary schools. Grammar. Bible portions: 1994–2011.

Typology: VSO; genitives, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word final; 4 suffixes; noun affixes indicate case; verb affixes mark person, number; agreement obligatory; passives; antipassives; causatives; comparatives; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: South Sudan