GHL ISO 639-3
Ghulfan
A language of Sudan
- ISO 639
- ghl
- Alternate Names
- Gulfan, Uncu, Uncunwee, Wunci, Wuncimbe
- Population
- 37,000 (2017), decreasing. No monolinguals.
- Location:
- South Kordofan state: Dabri, Karkandi, Katang, Kurgul, Namang, Ninya, Moring, Ota, Shigda, and Tarda villages in Ghulfan Kurgul and Ghulfan Morung hills south of Dilling.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Northern (k languages), Nubian, Central, Hill, Kadaru-Ghulfan
- Dialects
- None known. Most closely related to Kadaru [kdu] (Jabal Sitta), then to Dilling [dil] and Wali [wll].
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Adults only. Those under 30 speak only Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. Shifting to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
- Language Development
- Grammar. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ghulfan
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
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Location: South Kordofan state: Dabri, Karkandi, Katang, Kurgul, Namang, Ninya, Moring, Ota, Shigda, and Tarda villages in Ghulfan Kurgul and Ghulfan Morung hills south of Dilling.
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