Tese (Teisei) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Hills of Sudan.
Tese | |
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Keiga Jirru | |
T̪ɛséʔ | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | Nuba Hills |
Native speakers | (1,400 with Keiga Jirru, cited 1971)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | keg (shared with Keiga Jirru) |
Glottolog | tese1238 |
ELP | Tese |
Tese is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Ethnologue lists Keiga Jirru as an alternate name.
References
edit- ^ Tese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Temein languages[permanent dead link] (Roger Blench 2007)