Kadaru
PrintA language of Sudan
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Kadaro, Kadero, Kaderu, Kodhin, Kodhinniai, Kodoro
Population
7,000.
Location
South Kordofan State, Jibaal as Sitta hills between Dilling and Delami.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Dialects
Dabatna (Kaaral), Kadaru (Kodur), Kafir (Ka’e), Kuldaji (Kendal), Kurtala (Ngokra), Kururu (Tagle). Dialects spoken by six clan groups living on six separate hills. Western form used by the Berko people at Habila (southwest of Jebel Sitta, neighboring the Ghulfan) may be another dialect or a separate language. Lexical similarity: 93% with Dilling [dil], 92%–87% with Debri [dil], 60% with Birked [brk].
Typology
SOV
Language Use
Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.
Ethnic autonym: Tamya.