Kanga language explained

Kanga
States:	Sudan
Region:	South Kordofan
Ethnicity:	Kanga
Speakers:	17,000
Date:	2022
Ref:	e27
Familycolor:	Nilo-Saharan
Fam1:	Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:	Kadu
Fam3:	Kadugli–Krongo
Fam4:	Western
Script:	Latin
Map2:	Lang Status 40-SE.svg
Iso3:	kcp
Glotto:	kang1288
Glottorefname:	Kanga

Kanga is a Nilo-Saharan language of the Kadu branch spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan.

The Kufa-Lima dialect is spoken in Bilenya, Dologi, Lenyaguyox, Lima, Kilag, Kufa, Mashaish, and Toole villages, with Toole as the central village.

A preliminary grammar of the Kufa-Lima variety (termed "Kufo") has been published recently.^[1]

A phonological description of the Kufa-Lima variety (termed "Kufo") has been developed,^[2] and the vowel inventory has been investigated with acoustic phonetic evidence.^[3]

External links

• Kanga basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

Notes and References

1. Honours thesis. Keira. Mullan. 2022. Nominal number and gender in Kufo: A description of its derivational and inflectional systems. Australian National University. 10.25911/G63X-DT44.
2. Honours thesis. Shubo. Li. 2022. A phonological sketch of the Kufo language. Australian National University. 10.25911/QQPD-PP24.
3. Li . Shubo . The vowel inventory of the Kufo language . Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology . 2022 . 71-75 . Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association .