Otoro language

Otoro
Native to	Sudan
Region	Nuba Hills
Ethnicity	Otoro Nuba
Native speakers	10,000 (2001)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Talodi–Heiban Heiban Central Heiban Otoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`otr`
Glottolog	`otor1240`^[2]

The Otoro language (Utoro, Dhitoro, Litoro) is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan.

It is also called Kawama (Kawarma). Dialects are Dugujur, Dukwara, Dorobe, Dogoridi.

Bibliography

Kodi, Musa, et al. 2002. Otoro Alphabet Story Book. Sudan: Sudan Workshop Programme.

References

↑ Otoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Otoro". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Sudan

Official languages	Standard Arabic Sudanese Arabic English

Indigenous languages	Acheron Amira Beja Dengebu Daza Dinka Domari Doni Ebang Fur Jomang Kadugli Kanga Katla Keiga Ko Kwalib Krongo Laro Logol Lumun Moro Nding Ngile Shirumba Tagoi Tegali Tegem Temein Tese Tima Tiro Tocho Torona Tulishi Tumtum Utoro Warnang Zaghawa

Kordofanian languages (geographic)

Talodi–Heiban

Heiban	Ebang Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Moro Shirumba Tiro Utoro Warnang

Talodi	Acheron Dengebu Jomang Lumun Nding Ngile Tocho Torona

Katla-Rashad

Katla	Domorik Kaalak

Rashad	Tagoi Tegali

Kadu

Western	Kanga Keiga Tulishi

Eastern	Krongo Tumtum

Other	Kadugli

Lafofa

Amira
Tegem

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