Ethnologue

Lumun

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kuku-Lumun, Lomon

Autonym

Lumun

Population

15,000 (2014 SIL). Home area population 9,500 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 20,000 (2014 SIL).

Location

South Kordofan state: Canya’ru, Toromathan, and To’ri villages in Limon hills.

Language Maps

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

Language Use

Positive attitudes. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Used as L2 by Tocho [taz].

Language Development

Literature. Bible portions: 1998–2011.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].