Kadu languages

Not to be confused with Kadu language (Burma).
Kadu
Tumtum, Kadugli–Krongo
Geographic
distribution:		 Nuba Mountains, Sudan
Linguistic classification: suggested association with Nilo-Saharan
  • Kadu
Subdivisions:
Western
Central
Eastern

The Kadu, Kadugli–Krongo, or Tumtum languages are a small language family, once included in Kordofanian but since Thilo Schadeberg (1981) widely seen as Nilo-Saharan. However, there is little evidence, and a conservative classification would treat them as an independent family.[1] There are three branches:

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References

  1. ^ Gerrit Dimmendaal, 2008. "Language Ecology and Linguistic Diversity on the African Continent", Language and Linguistics Compass 2/5:843ff.