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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Sudan > Temein

Temein

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3teq

Population  13,000 (2006). 6,000 population in home area villages; 7,000 population in other towns in Northern Sudan.
Region  North, Nuba Hills, Temein hills southwest of Dilling, between Jebels Ghulfan Morung and Julud (Gulud), Tukur, Nekring, Kwiye, Tokoing, Tulu, Farik, Kuris villages.
Language map  Sudan, Enlarged Area, reference number 33
Alternate names   Rone, Ronge, Temainian
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 67% with Tese [keg].
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Western, Temein