Kadugli language

Kadugli
Central Kadu
Native to	Sudan
Region	Kordofan
Ethnicity	Kadugli, Katcha, Damba, Tumma
Native speakers	75,000 (2004)[1]
Language family	Kadu Central Kadugli
Dialects	Kadugli–Damba Katcha Miri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xtc
Glottolog	katc1249[2]

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

• Katcha-English Dictionary (one of the Kadu languages)
• Katcha, Kadugli, and Miri basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

References

1. Kadugli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Katcha-Kadugli-Miri". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.