Lopa language

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Lopa
Rerang
Native toNigeria
RegionNiger State
Native speakers
(5,000 cited 1996)[1]
Dialects
  • Ollop
  • Urcibar (Shuba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3lop
Glottologlopa1238
Rerang
Persondɔ̀ɾìɾã́ŋ
Peopleòːɾìɾã́ŋ
Languageòlːèɾã́ŋ (Olleran)
Ollop
Persondɔ̀ɾóp
Peopleòːɾɔ́p
Languageòlːɔ́p (Ollop)
Urcibar (Shuba)
Persondɔ̀tʃíbár
Peopleòːtʃíbár
Languageɘ̀ɹtʃíbár (Urcibar)

Lopa consists of a pair of minor Kainji languages of Nigeria. Ethnic Lopa neighbouring the Busa language have shifted to that language.

The two languages are Rop (Ollop) and Urcibar (Shuba). Additionally, there is a native name for both dialects as a whole: Rerang, which is unusual in West Kainji languages.[2]

Blench (2019) lists Tsupamini as a related variety.[3]

McGill (2012) also gives the alternate name Oleran for Lopa.[4]

Dialects[]

The name Lopa likely comes from the name lópár (Lapar), which refers to both the Rop and the Shuba. Cover terms referring to both Urcibar and Ollop speakers are [dɔ̀ɾìɾáŋ̃ ] (one person), [òːɾìɾáŋ̃ ] (many people), and the language [òlːèɾáŋ̃].[2]

  • Urcibar (Shuba) is spoken in the major villages of ò̃tʃébá (Cifamini), tʷò̃tʃíɡí (Gungun Tagwaye), ò̃sán (Kwanga, different from ò̃sán above); and the minor villages of àjũ ́̃m (Yumu), àːʔʲɔ́ (Bakari), ámbú (Ambu shiri). Urcibar is actually more closely related to Shen (Laru) than to Rop.[2]
  • Ollop (Rop) is spoken in the major villages of àɾóp (Lopa town), ù̃jẽ ́mé (Gafara), rʷáːʃé (Raishe); and the minor villages of ʔʷéːɾà (Tungan Masu), ò̃sán (Bakin Ruwa), lópár (Lapar), áñ wá ̃ (Ana). Lopa speakers call themselves [dɔ̀ɾóp] (one person), [òːɾɔ́p] (many people), and the language [òlːɔ́p]. They refer to Urcibar speakers as [dɔ̀tʃíbár] (one person), [òːtʃíbár] (many people), and to their language as [ɘ̀ɹtʃíbár].[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Lopa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c d Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  3. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. ^ McGill, Stuart. 2012. The Kainji languages. Ms, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 30 August 2012.
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