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'''Tornasi''' is an ethnic group in [[Sudan]]. They speak [[Kelo language|Kelo]], an [[Eastern Sudanic language]] which has 200 speakers and is critically endangered.<ref name="old-ethnologue">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xel/25|title=Kelo|newspaper=Ethnologue }}</ref> A more detailed division is Core languages, then Eastern Sudanic languages, Southern languages, Eastern Jebel languages, then Aka-Kelo-Molo.<ref name="old-ethnologue" /> |
'''Tornasi''' is an ethnic group in [[Sudan]]. They speak [[Kelo language|Kelo]], an [[Eastern Sudanic language]] which has 200 speakers and is critically endangered.<ref name="old-ethnologue">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xel/25|title=Kelo|newspaper=Ethnologue }}</ref> A more detailed division is Core languages, then Eastern Sudanic languages, Southern languages, Eastern Jebel languages, then Aka-Kelo-Molo.<ref name="old-ethnologue" /> |
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Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic group as Kelo speakers.<ref>Bender, M. Lionel. 1997. The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan. Afrika und Übersee 80: 190.</ref> They live in [[Geissan District]], [[Blue Nile (state)|Blue Nile State]], [[Sudan]]: Jebel Tornasi, Keeli village, and Beni Sheko. They live West of [[Berta language|Berta]]-speaking people.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ftQEAAAQBAJ&dq=Beni+Sheko&pg=PA498|title = International Encyclopedia of Linguistics|isbn = 978-0-19-977178-3|last1 = Frawley|first1 = William J.|date = May 2003| publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> Most are Muslims.<ref name="old-ethnologue" /> |
Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic group as Kelo speakers.<ref>Bender, M. Lionel. 1997. The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan. Afrika und Übersee 80: 190.</ref> They live in [[Geissan District]], [[Blue Nile (state)|Blue Nile State]], [[Sudan]]: Jebel Tornasi, Keeli village, and Beni Sheko. They live West of [[Berta language|Berta]]-speaking people.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ftQEAAAQBAJ&dq=Beni+Sheko&pg=PA498|title = International Encyclopedia of Linguistics|isbn = 978-0-19-977178-3|last1 = Frawley|first1 = William J.|date = May 2003| publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> Most are Muslims.<ref name="old-ethnologue" /> |
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Latest revision as of 08:46, 16 May 2024
Tornasi is an ethnic group in Sudan. They speak Kelo, an Eastern Sudanic language which has 200 speakers and is critically endangered.[1] A more detailed division is Core languages, then Eastern Sudanic languages, Southern languages, Eastern Jebel languages, then Aka-Kelo-Molo.[1] Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic group as Kelo speakers.[2] They live in Geissan District, Blue Nile State, Sudan: Jebel Tornasi, Keeli village, and Beni Sheko. They live West of Berta-speaking people.[3] Most are Muslims.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Kelo". Ethnologue.
- ^ Bender, M. Lionel. 1997. The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan. Afrika und Übersee 80: 190.
- ^ Frawley, William J. (May 2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977178-3.
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