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Moro language

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Region
  
Nuba Hills, Sudan

Native speakers
  
(30,000 cited 1982)

Glottolog
  
moro1285

Ethnicity
  
Moro Nuba

ISO 639-3
  
mor

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Talodi–Heiban Heiban West Heiban Moro

Moro is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken by the Moro people in the Nuba Mountains of Kordofan, Sudan.

Dialects

There are 7 dialects of Moro (Guest 1997a). Ethnologue names are given in parentheses.

  • Laiyənia or Layenia (Laiyen)
  • Tobəɽelda or Thetogovela (Toberelda, Umm Gabralla)
  • Uləba (Ulba)
  • Lənəbwa (Nubwa)
  • Nḏərria or Ndërria (Nderre)
  • Ləmwarəŋ (Dhimorong; = Werria)
  • Ləŋorəban (Longorban, Umm Dorein)

    • Each dialect corresponds to a separate clan, except for Ləmwarəŋ and Ləŋorəban, which are amalgamated into a single clan known as the Wërria. Thus, there is a total of 6 different clans.

    References

    Moro language Wikipedia
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