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Kadaru

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3kdu

Population  7,000.
Region  North, Kordofan Province, Nuba mountains, Kadaru Hills (known as ‘Jibaal as Sitta’) between Dilling and Delami.
Language map  Sudan, Enlarged Area, reference number 11
Alternate names   Kadaro, Kadero, Kaderu, Kodhin, Kodhinniai, Kodoro
Dialects  Kadaru (Kodur), Kururu (Tagle), Kafir (Ka’e), Kurtala (Ngokra), Dabatna (Kaaral), Kuldaji (Kendal).
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Nubian, Central, Hill, Kadaru-Ghulfan
Comments  Dialects are spoken by clan groups living on separate hills. The western form spoken by the Berko people at Habila (southwest of Jebel Sitta, neighbouring the Ghulfan ) may be another dialect or a separate language. SOV.