Kadugli language

Kadugli
Kadugli
Central Kadu
Native to	Sudan
Region	Kordofan
Ethnicity	Kadugli, Katcha, Damba, Tumma
Native speakers	75,000 (2004)
Language family	Kadu Central Kadugli; ;
Dialects	Kadugli–Damba; Katcha; Miri;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xtc
Glottolog	katc1249

Kadugli, also Katcha-Kadugli-Miri or Central Kadu, is a Kadu language or dialect cluster spoken in Kordofan. Stevenson treats the varieties as dialects of one language, and they share a single ISO code, though Schadeberg (1989) treats them as separate languages.

There are five commonly cited varieties. Three of them are rather divergent, on the verge of being distinct languages:

Katcha (Tolubi, Dholubi)
Kadugli proper (Dakalla, Talla, Dhalla, Toma Ma Dalla, Kudugli, Morta)
Miri

However, they share a single orthography and use the same literacy materials (Ethnologue).

Of the two other commonly cited varieties, Damba is somewhat closer to Kadugli, while Tumma appears to be a (sub)dialect of Katcha.

External links

References

^ Kadugli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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