| Kadu
Tumtum, Kadugli-Krongo
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| Geographic distribution: |
Nuba Hills, Sudan |
| Genetic classification: |
Nilo-Saharan(controversial) Kadu |
| Subdivisions: |
Western
Central
Eastern
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The Kadu, Kadugli-Krongo, or Tumtum languages are a small language family, once included in Kordofanian but since Thilo Schadeberg (1981) widely seen as Nilo-Saharan. However, there is little evidence, and a conservative classification would treat them as an independent family.[1] There are three branches:
- Western (Tulishi, Keiga, Kanga)
- Central (Miri, Kadugli, Katcha, Tumma)
- Eastern (Krongo, Tumtum)
References
- ^ Gerrit Dimmendaal, 2008. "Language Ecology and Linguistic Diversity on the African Continent", Language and Linguistics Compass 2/5:843ff.
- Thilo C. Schadeberg. 1981. "The classification of the Kadugli language group". Nilo-Saharan, ed. by T. C. Schadeberg and M. Lionel Bender, pp. 291-305. Dordrecht: Foris Publications.
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