Midob

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Meidob, Midobi, Tid, Tidda, Tid-N-Aal

Population

50,000 (1993 R. Werner).

Location

North Darfur State, Mellit district, Malha area; Khartoum State, Omdurman district, scattered; White Nile State, Gezira Aba.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Kaageddi, Shelkota (Shalkota), Urrti (Uurti). Lexical similarity: 51% with Birgid [brk] (most similar).

Language Use

Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten.