Kadugli language


Kadugli, also Katcha-Kadugli-Miri or Central Kadu, is a Kadu language or dialect cluster spoken in Kordofan. 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:
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: