Kadugli language


Kadugli, also Katcha-Kadugli-Miri or Central Kadu, is a Kadu language or dialect cluster of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan. Stevenson treats the varieties as dialects of one language, and they share a single ISO code, though Schadeberg 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 '
  • Kadugli proper '
  • Miri
However, they share a single orthography and use the same literacy materials.
Of the two other commonly cited varieties, Damba is somewhat closer to Kadugli, while Tumma appears to be a 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

Phonology

Consonants

  • is heard as an allophone of /p/.