Talodi languages

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The Talodi languages are a small group of closely related Niger–Congo languages spoken mainly in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.

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Talodi languages canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger–Congo language group
language family
arealContact Heiban languages
Katla languages
Rashad languages
arealFeature contact with other Nuba Mountain languages
arealGroup Kordofanian
continent Africa
country Sudan
endangermentStatus endangered
ethnolinguisticRegion Nuba peoples
geneticRelationship closely related to each other within the Talodi subgroup
geographicDistribution Nuba Mountains region of central Sudan
linked to: Nuba Mountains
glottologCode talo1252
glottologName Talodi-Heiban
hasAlternativeName Talodi group
Talodi–Tocho languages
hasMemberLanguage Acheron
linked to: Acheron River

Gaj
Katcha
Lomun
linked to: Lomavren

Lumun
Masakin
Rashad
Talodi
Tocho
hasPhylum Niger–Congo
hasSubgroup Talodi proper languages
Tocho group
higherLevelFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
languageFamily Niger–Congo
linguisticArea Sudanic belt
linguisticClassificationStatus small group of closely related languages
macroArea Africa
partOf Kordofanian languages
primaryWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
region central Sudan
researchStatus underdescribed
spokenIn Nuba Mountains
South Kordofan
Sudan
subfamilyOf Niger–Congo languages
typologicalAffiliation Niger–Congo
usedBy ethnic groups of the Nuba Mountains
writingSystem no standardized orthography for most member languages

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kadu languages arealInfluenceFrom Talodi languages
Nuba Mountain languages hasMember Talodi languages