Native speakers 75,000 (2004) | Region Kordofan Language family KaduCentralKadugli | |
Ethnicity Kadugli, Katcha, Damba, Tumma Dialects Kadugli–DambaKatchaMiri |
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:
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(Text) CC BY-SA