Keiga Jirru language

Eastern Sudanic language of Sudan
Keiga Jirru
Đóni
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
Native speakers
(1,400 with Tese cited 1971)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3keg (shared with Tese)
Linguist List
q8h – Doni
Glottologkeig1243

Keiga Jirru is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Hills of Sudan.

There is no listing in Ethnologue nor Glottolog, as it was considered a dialect of the Tese language.

References

  1. ^ Keiga Jirru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Temein languages[permanent dead link] (Roger Blench 2007)

External links

  • Doni basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Northern k languages
Nubian
Hill Nubian
Nara
Nyima
Taman
Southern n languages
Surmic
North
Southeast
Southwest
Eastern Jebel
Temein
Daju
Eastern
Western
Nilotic
Large group listed below
Eastern
Bari
Teso–Turkana
Lotuko
Ongamo–Maa
Western
Dinka–Nuer
Luo
Northern
Southern
Burun
Southern
Kalenjin
Elgon
Nandi–Markweta
Okiek–Mosiro
Pökoot
Omotik–Datooga
Italics indicate extinct languages


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