KIB ISO 639-3
Koalib
Kwɐ̀ɐlîp Autonym
A language of Sudan
- ISO 639
- kib
- Alternate Names
- Abri, Kandiza Kethi Koalib, Kawaaliib, Kawalib, Kowalib, Lgalige, Nirere, Rere
- Autonym
- Kwɐ̀ɐlîp
- Population
- 100,000 (Quint 2009).
- Location:
- South Kordofan state: Delami area. Hadra, Nyukwur, and Umm Heitan (Nginyukwur dialect); Abri area villages scattered on the plain (Ngirere dialect); Koalib hills area (Ngunduna dialect); Turum and Umm Berumbita (Nguqwurang dialect).
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Kordofanian, Heiban, West-Central, Central, Rere
- Dialects
- Nguqwurang, Ngunduna, Nginyukwur, Ngirere, Ngemere. Lexical similarity: 75% with most similar Heiban languages.
- Language Use
- Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
- Language Development
- Literature. NT: 1967–1994.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Koalib
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
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Location: South Kordofan state: Delami area. Hadra, Nyukwur, and Umm Heitan (Nginyukwur dialect); Abri area villages scattered on the plain (Ngirere dialect); Koalib hills area (Ngunduna dialect); Turum and Umm Berumbita (Nguqwurang dialect).
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