El Hugeirat language
| El Hugeirat | |
|---|---|
| El Hagarat | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Nuba Mountains |
| Ethnicity | El Hugeirat people |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | elh |
| Glottolog | elhu1238 |
| ELP | El Hugeirat |
El Hugeirat (also El Hagarat) is a moribund Hill Nubian language spoken in the northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 50 people in a few families in the El Hugeirat hills, in the villages of Sija, Bija, Shenshin and Baboy.[2]
References
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "El Hugeirat". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-06-25.