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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Central African Republic > Yulu

Yulu

A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639-3: yul

Population  4,000 in Central African Republic (1996). Population total all countries: 7,000.
Region  Ouadda-Djaléi and Ouadda subprefectures. Yulu are in Central African Republic and Sudan; Binga are in Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan.
Language map  Central African Republic, reference number 61
Alternate names   Youlou
Dialects  Binga, Yulu. Aja is not a dialect of Yulu, but of Kresh [krs] (R. Brown).
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Kara
Language use  Also use Kresh [krs].

Also spoken in:

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Language name   Yulu
Region  Binga are in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan; Yulu in Sudan and Central African Republic.
Alternate names  Youlou
Dialects  Binga, Yulu.
 

Sudan

Language name   Yulu
Population  3,000 in Sudan (1987 SIL). 2,000 Yulu and 1,000 Binga.
Region  South, Western Bahr el Ghazal Province, Khor Buga, Yulu, 5 km west of Raga; Habbaniya District of Darfur. Binga at Menangba, west of Raga.
Language map  Sudan
Alternate names  Youlou
Dialects  Binga, Yulu.
Language use  Many also use Gbaya [krs] or Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].