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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.
- Western, Central, Eastern
Kadu or Kado (Kadu: ); is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Sal branch spoken in Sagaing Region, Myanmar by the Kadu people. Dialects are Settaw, Mawkhwin, and Mawteik [extinct], with 30,000 speakers total. Kadu is considered an endangered language, and is closely related to the Ganan and Sak languages. [2]
- 30,000 (2007)
- Sagaing Region
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The Kadu people (Burmese: ကတူးလူမျိုး; also spelt Kado) are an ethnic group in Myanmar. They speak the Kadu language . [1] They mostly reside in the country's northwestern hills, centred around Katha , and are ethnolinguistically related to the Ganan and Sak peoples .
Kadu languages, group of related languages spoken along the western and southern edge of the Nuba Hills in Sudan. These languages were formerly classified as part of the Kordofanian group within the Niger-Congo language family , but they are now widely believed to form a subgroup within the Nilo-Saharan language family .
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Kadugli. Kadugli is a Kadu language, a group of languages which is possibly a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Kadugli is spoken in South Kordofan Province {جنوب كردفان} in southern Sudan by about 75,000 people. Kadugli is also known as Katcha-Kadugli-Miri or Central Kadu, and some linguists belief that the different ...
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 but since Thilo Schadeberg (1981) widely seen as Nilo-Saharan.
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 .
