Tegali

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Orig, Tagale, Tegele, Tekele, Togole, Turjok
User Population

99,000 (2017). 80,000 Tegali and 19,000 Tingal.

Location

South Kordofan state: Tegali and Rashad hills and Rashad town.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Kordofanian, Rashad
Dialects

Rashad (Kom, Kome, Ngakom), Tegali, Tingal (Kajaja, Kajakja).

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tegali
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Tegali and Rashad dialects are nearly identical.