Kadaru

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
kdu
Alternate Names
Kadaro, Kadero, Kaderu, Kodhin, Kodhinniai, Kodoro, Tamya
User Population

25,000 (2013 T. Alaki and R. Norton).

Location

South Kordofan state: Jibaal as Sitta hills between Delami and Dilling.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Northern (k languages), Nubian, Central, Hill, Kadaru-Ghulfan
Dialects

Kadaru (Kodur), Kururu (Tagle), Kafir (Ka’e), Kurtala (Ngokra), Dabatna (Kaaral), Kuldaji (Kendal). Dialects spoken by six clan groups living on six separate hills. Western form used by the Berko people at Habila (southwest of Jebel Sitta, neighboring the Ghulfan) may be another dialect or a separate language. Lexical similarity: 93% with Dilling [dil], 92%–87% with Debri [dil], 60% with Birked [brk].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Shifting to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kadaru
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].