Kadugli language
Not to be confused with Miri language.
| Kadugli | |
|---|---|
| Central Kadu | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Kordofan |
| Ethnicity | Kadugli, Katcha, Damba, Tumma |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2004)[1] |
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Kadu
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| Dialects |
Kadugli–Damba
Katcha
Miri
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
xtc |
| Glottolog |
katc1249[2] |
Kadugli, also Katcha-Kadugli-Miri or Central Kadu, is a Kadu language or dialect cluster spoken in Kordofan. Stevenson treats the varieties as dialects of one language, and they share a single ISO code, though Schadeberg (1989) treats them as separate languages.
There are five commonly cited varieties. Three of them are rather divergent, on the verge of being distinct languages:
- Katcha (Tolubi, Dholubi)
- Kadugli proper (Dakalla, Talla, Dhalla, Toma Ma Dalla, Kudugli, Morta)
- Miri
However, they share a single orthography and use the same literacy materials (Ethnologue).
Of the two other commonly cited varieties, Damba is somewhat closer to Kadugli, while Tumma appears to be a (sub)dialect of Katcha.
External links
- Katcha-English Dictionary (one of the Kadu languages)
- Katcha, Kadugli, and Miri basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
References
- ↑ Kadugli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Katcha-Kadugli-Miri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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