Temein, also known as ''Ron(g)e'', 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 by the
Temein people Temein is an ethnic group 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 collecti ...
of 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 ...
in
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 ...
.
''Ronge'' is an approximation of the endonym. Stevenson reports the people are and the language ; Dimmendaal has for a person, for the people, and for the language.
Temein is spoken in Farik, Kuris, Kwiye, Nekring, Tokoing, Tukur, and Tulu villages (''Ethnologue'', 22nd edition).
References
Temein language(Roger Blench 2007)
External links
Temein basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Severely endangered languages
Temein languages
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