Tese

A language of Sudan

ISO 639: keg
Alternate Names: Keiga Girru, Keiga Jirru, Teis-Umm-Danab, These
Population: 1,400 (Welmers 1971a).
Location:: South Kordofan state: Keiga Jirru, and 6 villages northeast of Kadugli.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Southern (n languages), Temein
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity 67% with Temein [teq].
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
Language Development: Orthography and literacy materials developed. Literature.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tese
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: South Kordofan state: Keiga Jirru, and 6 villages northeast of Kadugli.