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Bari Language

Bari is an eastern nilotic language spoken by the Karo people who mostly inhabit South Sudan and parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They consist of many distinct ethnic groups who each have their own dialect and of which the Bari people is only one, which is why the language is also called Karo or Kutuk. The other ethnic groups are: Pojulu, Kakwa, Nyangwara, Mundari/Mandari, and Kuku. All in all there are about 750 000 native speakers.

Bari is a tonal language with vowel harmony and SVO word order and uses a modified Latin alphabet.

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South Sudan

Country: Republic of South Sudan Capital: Juba Bordered by: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic Official Language: English Recognised National Languages: Bari, Dinka, Luo, Murle, Nuer, Zande and about 60 others President: Salva Kiir Mayardit National Anthem: “South Sudan Oyee!” Motto: “Justice, Liberty, Prosperity”

South Sudan only gained independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011 and has been in a civil war since 2013.

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That was the overarching takeaway of my Bilingualism class

What I learned from school

1. I’m an idiot

2. Everyone else is an idiot

Twitter has a 140 character limit, yet I still found a way to tell one of the longest and most obnoxious knock-knock jokes of all time within a single tweet.

Also pretty sure this would put Canada in stripes since French and English are both official. Also this ignores any of the Latin American countries that have also given official status to Indigenous languages (eg Peru, Venezuela).

BEKOMMEN DOES NOT MEAN TO BECOME

WERDEN MEANS TO BECOME

BEKOMMEN MEANS TO GET/RECEIVE

Native: Oh, I couldn’t help but notice your accent! Where are you from?

My brain: *I couldn’t help but notice your accent*

*I couldn’t help but notice your accent*

*I couldn’t help but notice your accent*