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Kunama languages information


Kunama
Geographic
distribution
Eritrea, Ethiopia
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Maba–Kunama?
    • Kunama
Subdivisions
  • Kunama
  • Bitama-Ilit
Glottologkuna1268

The Kunama languages are a family of languages traditionally considered dialects of a single language, spoken in western Eritrea and across the border in Ethiopia. They are included as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. The languages are Kunama proper and Ilit.

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Kunama languages

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Kunama language

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The Kunama language has been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, though it is distantly related to the other languages, if at all....

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Kunama

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Kunama people

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The Kunama are an ethnic group native to Eritrea. They are one of the smallest ethnic communities in Eritrea, constituting only 4% of the population. Most...

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Languages of Eritrea

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The main languages spoken in Eritrea are Tigrinya, Tigre, Kunama, Bilen, Nara, Saho, Afar, and Beja. The country's working languages are Tigrinya, Arabic...

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Languages of Ethiopia

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The languages of Ethiopia include the official languages of Ethiopia, its national and regional languages, and a large number of minority languages, as...

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Languages of Africa

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has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

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Demographics of Eritrea

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Saho. In addition, languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan language family (Kunama and Nara) are spoken as a mother tongue by the Kunama and Nara Nilotic...

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List of official languages by country and territory

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This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part...

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Fur languages

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The Fur or For languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its members are: Fur in western...

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Eritreans

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Most languages spoken in Eritrea are from the Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan language family. Tigrinya Tigre Dahalik Arabic Beja Saho Afar Bilen Kunama Nara...

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Nara people

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settled primarily along the border with Sudan. They area located north of the Kunama, in the western parts of Barka Plains, the Nara constitute about 1.5% of...

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List of language families

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language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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Clusivity

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but with a connotation of appealing or asking for indulgence. In the Kunama language of Eritrea, the first-person inclusive and exclusive distinction is...

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Ilit language

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divergent variety of Kunama that is mutually unintelligible enough to be considered a distinct language. It is spoken by the Kunama people who straddle...

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Nubian languages

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languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized: lughāt nūbiyyah) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. In the past, Nubian languages...

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Nara language

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Gash-Barka Region of western Eritrea. The language is often confused with Kunama, which is at best only distantly related. The endangerment status of Nara...

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Silver Brumby

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which in turn Thowra passed down to his mare, Boon Boon, his daughter, Kunama, and his grandson, Baringa. He also tried to pass it down to his son, Lightning...

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Mount Kosciuszko

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Mount Kosciuszko (/ˌkɒziˈʌskoʊ/ KOZ-ee-US-koh; Ngarigo: Kunama Namadgi) is mainland Australia's tallest mountain, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea...

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Sara people

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that the Sara are most closely related to the Kunama people of Eritrea. Both populations speak languages from the Nilo-Saharan family. They are also similar...

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Kuliak languages

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The Kuliak languages, also called the Rub languages, are a group of languages spoken by small relict communities in the mountainous Karamoja region of...

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Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama

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Kunama (abbreviated DMLEK) is a Kunama political and armed organization active in Eritrea. That advocates for the rights and autonomy of the Kunama people...

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Saharan languages

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The Saharan languages are a small family of languages across parts of the eastern Sahara, extending from northwestern Sudan to southern Libya, north and...

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Berta language

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speakers in Sudan. The three Berta languages, Gebeto, Fadashi and Undu, are often considered dialects of a single language. Berta proper includes the dialects...

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Shabo language

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forms. The comparison with reconstructed languages of the Surmic and Koman branch as well as three languages from the Gumuz branch shows slight phonological...

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Songhay languages

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The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages ([sõʁaj], [soŋaj] or [soŋoj]) are a group of closely related languages/dialects centred on the middle stretches...

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