Tegem language
Appearance
Tegem | |
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Jebel Tekeim | |
Region | Nuba Hills, Sudan |
Ethnicity | Lafofa |
Native speakers | (5,100 all Lalofa cited 1984)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in laf) |
Glottolog | jebe1249 |
Tegem, also Jebel Tekeim, is a Niger–Congo language spoken in Kordofan, Sudan. It is sometimes considered a dialect of Lafofa, which is poorly attested.
References
- ^ Lafofa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Roger Blench, 2011 (ms), "Does Kordofanian constitute a group and if not, where does its languages fit into Niger-Congo?"[1]