Laarim (Larim, Longarim) or Narim is a Surmic language spoken by the Boya people of the Boya Hills of South Sudan.
Laarim | |
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Narim | |
Boya | |
Native to | South Sudan |
Region | Boya Hills |
Ethnicity | Boya |
Native speakers | (3,600 cited 1984)[1] |
Language family | Nilo-Saharan?
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ISO 639-3 | loh |
Glottolog | nari1240 |
ELP | Narim |
According to Ethnologue, Laarim is spoken in 10 villages of northern Budi County, Eastern Equatoria State. Stirtz (2011)[2] reports that there are as many as 22,000 speakers, living mainly in 14 villages west of Chukudum town.
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Italics indicate extinct languages |
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