Social:Tulishi language

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Short description: Kadu language of Kordofan, Sudan
Tulishi
Native toSudan
RegionSouth Kordofan
EthnicityTulishi
Native speakers
2,500 (2007)[1]
Kadu
  • Western
    • Tulishi
Language codes
ISO 639-3tey
Glottologtuli1249[2]
Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Tulishi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tulishi (Kuntulishi, Thulishi, Tulesh) is a Kadu language spoken in South Kordofan. Dialects are Tulishi proper and Kamdang.

Dialects and locations

Ethnologue (22nd edition) lists dialects as:

  • Tulishi, Kamda (Kamdang)
  • Dar El Kabira (Logoke, Minjimmina, Truj, Turuj)

The Dar el Kabira and Kamdang dialects are reportedly similar.

Villages are Aabiisa, Aliyooro Manadaha, Jebels Tulishi, Kamdang, Kirakaati, Laati, Lawwa, Nattilongke, Ntukungnge, and Thudhi in South Kordofan state.

References

  1. Tulishi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Tulishi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/tuli1249. 

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