El Hugeirat language

Hill Nubian language of Sudan
El Hugeirat
El Hagarat
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Mountains
EthnicityEl Hugeirat people
Native speakers
50 (2007)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3elh
Glottologelhu1238
ELPEl Hugeirat
El Hugeirat is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

El Hugeirat (also El Hagarat) is a moribund Hill Nubian language spoken in the northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It is spoken by around 50 people in a few families in the El Hugeirat hills, in the villages of Sija, Bija, Shenshin and Baboy.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b El Hugeirat at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Northern k languages
Nubian
Hill Nubian
Nara
Nyima
Taman
Southern n languages
Surmic
North
Southeast
Southwest
Eastern Jebel
Temein
Daju
Eastern
Western
Nilotic
Large group listed below
Eastern
Bari
Teso–Turkana
Lotuko
Ongamo–Maa
Western
Dinka–Nuer
Luo
Northern
Southern
Burun
Southern
Kalenjin
Elgon
Nandi–Markweta
Okiek–Mosiro
Pökoot
Omotik–Datooga
Italics indicate extinct languages

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