Kadu languages

E249870

Kadu languages are a small group of lesser-known languages spoken primarily in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kadu languages canonical 2
Western Kadu languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan languages
language family
alternativeName Kadugli–Krongo languages
Kordofanian Kadu
arealClassification Nuba Mountains languages
arealInfluenceFrom Arabic language
linked to: Arabic

Heiban languages
Nubian languages
Talodi languages
continent Africa
country Sudan
documentationStatus underdescribed
endangermentStatus endangered
geneticClassificationStatus uncertain
geographicConcentration central Nuba Mountains
linked to: Nuba Mountains

western Nuba Mountains
linked to: Nuba Mountains
hasMemberLanguage Abu Jibul language
linked to: Abu Jinuk language

Abu Jinuk language
Dilling language
Kadugli language
Kamda language
Katcha language
Keiga language
Krongo language
Kurungu language
Miri language
Tese language
Tulishi language
Tumale language
hasSubgroup Eastern Kadu languages
Western Kadu languages
linked to: Kadu languages
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for some languages, limited use)
languageShiftTowards Sudanese Arabic
linguisticFeature rich consonant inventories (in several languages)
tone languages
verb–subject–object word order (in many languages)
populationStatus small
primaryUse oral communication
recognizedBy Ethnologue
Glottolog
region Kordofan
researchField African linguistics
researchInterest areal linguistics
language classification
spokenIn Nuba Mountains
South Kordofan
Sudan
usedBy Kadu peoples

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilo-Saharian hasSubgroup Kadu languages
Nilo-Saharan phylum hasSubfamily Kadu languages
subject linked to: Nilo-Saharian phylum
Kadu languages hasSubgroup Western Kadu languages
linked to: Kadu languages