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Kadugli language

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Native to
  
Sudan

Native speakers
  
75,000 (2004)

Region
  
Kordofan

Language family
  
Kadu Central Kadugli

Ethnicity
  
Kadugli, Katcha, Damba, Tumma

Dialects
  
Kadugli–Damba Katcha Miri

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.

    References

    Kadugli language Wikipedia
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