KKO ISO 639-3
Karko
Kakenbi Autonym
A language of Sudan
- ISO 639
- kko
- Alternate Names
- Garko, Kaak, Karme, Kithonirishe
- Autonym
- Kakenbi
- Population
- 7,000 (2004 A. Farah).
- Location:
- South Kordofan state: Karko hills, 35 km west of Dilling, includes Dulman.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Core, Eastern Sudanic, Northern (k languages), Nubian, Central, Hill, Unclassified
- Dialects
- Karko, Kasha, Shifir. Varieties spoken by the Ilaki on Abu Junuk to the west (1,000) and by the Tamang at El Tabaq southwest of Katla (800) may be dialects or separate languages.
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Shifting to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].
- Language Development
- Orthography and literacy materials produced. Interest in language development mainly among older people. Literature.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Karko
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: South Kordofan state: Karko hills, 35 km west of Dilling, includes Dulman.
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