Kadugli, also Katcha-Kadugli-Miri or Central Kadu, is a
Kadu language
Kadu or Kado is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Sal branch spoken in Sagaing Region, Myanmar. Dialects are Settaw, Mawkhwin, and Mawteik xtinct with 30,000 speakers total.
Names
Alternate names for Kadu listed in '' Ethnologue'' are Gadu, Ka’ ...
or
dialect cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
spoken in
Kordofan
Kordofan ( ar, كردفان ') is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was divided into three new federal states: North Kordofan, South Kordofan and West Kordofan. In August 2005, West Kordofan State was abolished and its territory di ...
. Stevenson treats the varieties as dialects of one language, and they share a single ISO code, though Schadeberg (1989) treats them as separate languages.
Dialects
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.
Villages in which the dialects are spoken according to the 22nd edition of ''Ethnologue'':
*''Katcha'' dialect: Belanya, Dabakaya, Farouq, Kafina, Katcha, and Tuna villages
*''Kadugli'' dialect: ’Daalimo, Kadugli, Kulba, Murta, Takko, and Thappare villages
*''Miri'' dialect: Hayar al-Nimr, Kadoda, Kasari, Kuduru, Kya, Luba, Miri Bara, Miri Guwa, Nyimodu, Sogolle, Tulluk, and Umduiu villages
External links
Katcha-English Dictionary(one of the
Kadu languages
The Kadu languages, also known as Kadugli–Krongo or Tumtum, are a small language family of the Kordofanian geographic grouping, once included in Niger–Congo. However, since Thilo Schadeberg (1981), Kadu is widely seen as Nilo-Saharan. Evide ...
)
Katcha, Kadugli, and Miri basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
References
Languages of Sudan
Kadu languages
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