Otoro language

The Otoro language (Utoro, Dhitoro, Litoro) is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan.

Otoro
Utoro
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
EthnicityOtoro Nuba
Native speakers
10,000 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3otr
Glottologotor1240
ELPOtoro[2]

It is also called Kawama (Kawarma). Dialects are Dugujur, Dukwara, Dorobe, Dogoridi.

Bibliography
  • Kodi, Musa, et al. 2002. Otoro Alphabet Story Book. Sudan: Sudan Workshop Programme.

References
  1. Otoro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Otoro.


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