Krongo language

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Krongo
Native toSudan
RegionKordofan
EthnicityKrongo Nuba
Native speakers
(22,000 cited 1984)[1]
Kadu
  • Eastern
    • Krongo
Language codes
ISO 639-3kgo
Glottologkron1241
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Krongo is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Krongo, also spelled Korongo or Kurungu and known as Dimodongo, Kadumodi, or Tabanya after local towns, is a Kadu language spoken in Kordofan. Fama is a dialect.

Ethnologue (22nd edition) lists Angolo, Tabanya, and Toroji in Krongo hills; and Buram, Damaguto, Dar, Dimadragu, and Dimodongo villages.

References

  1. ^ Krongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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