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Moru

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: mgd

Population	70,000 (1982 SIL). 1,200 Agi, 2,500 Andri, 5,000 Kadiro, 9,000 Miza, 400 Wa’di.
Region	South, Equatoria Province, Mundri District.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Kala Moru
Dialects	Agi, Andri, ’Bali’ba, Kadiro, Lakama’di, Miza, Moruwa’di. Andri and ’Bali’ba dialects are similar, Kadiro and Lakama’di are nearly identical.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, East, Moru-Madi, Northern
Language use	All domains. All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 85%. Taught in primary schools. Bible: 2000.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO, SOV.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOONE, Douglas W.; WATSON, Richard L., editors. 1999. "Moru - Maʼdi survey report."  

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 2004. "Orthographies of Moru-Maʼdi languages."

Vernacular Publications

Etovo miemba ro kala moru si. 2003.

Etovo miemra ro kala Moru si. 1986.