Heiban

A language of Sudan

ISO 639: hbn
Alternate Names: Abul, Ebang
Population: 4,410 (Stevenson 1984).
Location:: South Kordofan state: Abul and Heiban towns.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Kordofanian, Heiban, West-Central, Central, Ebang-Logol, Ebang-Laru
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 90% with Laro [lro].
Language Use: Shifting to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
Language Development: NT: 1966.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Heiban
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: South Kordofan state: Abul and Heiban towns.