Päri, is a Luo language of South Sudan. Päri has been claimed to have ergative alignment, which is rare-to-nonexistent in African languages, although recent descriptions of the language have instead described the case system as marked nominative (nominative–absolutive).

Further reading

  • Andersen, Torben (2000). "Anywa and Pari. Part 2: A Morphosyntactic Comparison". Afrika und Übersee. 83 (1): 65–87.
  • Andersen, Torben (1999). "Anywa and Päri, I: a phonological and morphophonological comparison (review article)". Afrika und Übersee. 82 (2): 251–271.
  • Andersen, Torben (1989). "The Päri Vowel System with an Internal Reconstruction of Its Historical Development". Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 11 (1): 1–20. doi:.
  • Andersen, Torben (1988). "Consonant alternation in the verbal morphology of Päri". Afrika und Übersee. 71 (1): 63–113.
  • Andersen, Torben (1988). . Studies in African Linguistics. 19 (3): 261–315. doi:.
  • König, Christa (2006). "Marked Nominative in Africa". Studies in Language. 30 (4): 655–732. doi:.
  • Simeoni, Antonio (1978). Santandrea, Stefano (ed.). Päri: a Luo language of southern Sudan, small grammar and vocabulary. Museum Combonianum. Vol. 34. Bologna, Italy: E.M.I.
  • Storch, Anne (2005). The Noun Morphology of Western Nilotic. Nilo-Saharan: Linguistic Analyses and Documentation. Vol. 21. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. ISBN 9783896451392. OCLC .