Otoro language
Appearance
Otoro | |
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Utoro | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | Nuba Hills |
Ethnicity | Otoro Nuba |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2001)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | otr |
Glottolog | otor1240 |
ELP | Otoro |
Otoro is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
The Otoro language (Utoro, Dhitoro, Litoro) is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan.
It is also called Kawama (Kawarma). Dialects are Dugujur, Dukwara, Dorobe, Dogoridi.
Bibliography
- Kodi, Musa, et al. 2002. Otoro Alphabet Story Book. Sudan: Sudan Workshop Programme.
References
- ^ Otoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)