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Tegali language

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Native to
  
Sudan

Ethnicity
  
Tagale

Region
  
Nuba Hills

Dialects
  
Gom Tegali

Tegali language

Native speakers
  
(44,000, including 8,000 Tingal, cited 1982–1984)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Rashad Tegali

Tegali (also spelled Tagale, Tegele, Tekele, Togole) is a Niger–Congo language in the Rashad family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan, in and around the town of Rashad. It is closely related to Tagoi.

There are two varieties, Rashad or Gom (Kom, Ngakom, Kome) and Tegali proper. Ethnologue states that they are nearly identical, and they were considered a single language in Williamson & Blench 2000, but Blench ms treats them as separate languages. The erstwhile language Tingal is a dialect of Tegali.

Location

The Tegali language is spoken on two mountain ranges to the north and north-west of the Rashad village. It is also spoken in the Kordofan Province, specifically in the Nuba Hills region.

References

Tegali language Wikipedia