Kadaru

A language of Sudan

ISO 639: kdu
Alternate Names: Kadaro, Kadero, Kaderu, Kodhin, Kodhinniai, Kodoro, Tamya
Population: 25,000 (2013 T. Alaki and R. Norton).
Location:: South Kordofan state: Jibaal as Sitta hills between Delami and Dilling.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Northern (k languages), Nubian, Central, Hill, Kadaru-Ghulfan
Dialects: Kadaru (Kodur), Kururu (Tagle), Kafir (Ka’e), Kurtala (Ngokra), Dabatna (Kaaral), Kuldaji (Kendal). Dialects spoken by six clan groups living on six separate hills. Western form used by the Berko people at Habila (southwest of Jebel Sitta, neighboring the Ghulfan) may be another dialect or a separate language. Lexical similarity: 93% with Dilling [dil], 92%–87% with Debri [dil], 60% with Birked [brk].
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: Shifting to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kadaru
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: South Kordofan state: Jibaal as Sitta hills between Delami and Dilling.