Keiga Jirru is an
Eastern Sudanic language
In most classifications, the Eastern Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are spoken from southern Egypt to northern Tanzania.
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spoken in the
Nuba Hills
The Nuba Mountains ( ar, جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan. The area is home to a group of indigenous ethnic groups known collectively as the Nuba peoples. In the Middle Ages ...
of
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
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There is no listing in ''Ethnologue'' nor Glottolog, as it was considered a dialect of the
Tese language
Tese (Teisei) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Hills of Sudan.
''Ethnologue'' lists Keiga Jirru The Keiga Jirru are a Nuba peoples ethnic group in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan.
They speak Tese ...
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References
Temein languages(Roger Blench 2007)
External links
Doni basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Temein languages
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