Bari
Language Information
Bari is spoken in South Sudan, in Central Equatoria, around the capital, Juba, and in neighboring northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Bari is an Eastern Nilotic language with about 600,000 or more speakers, including closely related dialects such as Kakwa, Mundari, and Pojulu.
Bari is an Eastern Nilotic language with about 600,000 or more speakers, including closely related dialects such as Kakwa, Mundari, and Pojulu.
- Language Family
- Chari-Nile (Macro-Sudanic)
- Subgroup
- Eastern Sudanic
- Branch
- Nilotic (Eastern)
Bari Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Bari
Ŋutu liŋ a yuŋwe kana, jojo i to’diri ko ’dekesi ko ti se tokitaki ko ’börik ko mulökötyo lo toluŋaseran. Se a ’doka ko denet na kulya na’but ko narok.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights