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194: 310:Àmbóŋ villages are as follows. Only Taffor, Kantang, Lak ka aati, and Arungek ka aati villages were reported by Blench (2005) to be inhabited. The rest were abandoned due to the Sudanese Civil War. 583:
Stevenson, Roland C. 1956; 1957. A survey of the phonetics and grammatical structure of the Nuba Mountain languages, with particular reference to Otoro, Katcha and Nyimang. In:
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Ambong (Àmbóŋ) area: Ambong, Ambongadi, Arungekkaadi, Bila Ndulang, Kandang, Kuluwaring, Lakkadi, Roofik, Saadhing, Taffor, and Tingiragadi villages
1308: 973: 269:, after the places where it is mainly spoken, namely Keiga Timmero, Keiga al-Kheil and Keiga Lubun. The local name for the language is 638: 273:'speech of Keiga' (Stevenson 1956: 104). Stevenson (1956: 104) considers it to be a language cluster consisting of two dialects, 966: 180: 1000: 1298: 631: 778: 1303: 947: 300:
Lubung (Lùbúŋ) area: Kuwaik, Miya Ndumuru, Miya Ntaarang, Miya Ntaluwa, Semalili, and Tungunungunu villages
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Blench (2005) identified 3 dialects, which are Àmbóŋ, Lùbúŋ, and Tʊ̀mʊ̀rɔ̀.
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Keiga is spoken in the following villages according to the 22nd edition of
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Tumuro (Tʊ̀mʊ̀rɔ̀) area: Jughuba, Kayide, Koolo, and Tumuro villages
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The Kayigang (Keiga, Deiga) language of the Nuba hills, Sudan
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Keiga basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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Tʊ̀mʊ̀rɔ̀ villages are as follows. Only Koolo is inhabited.
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Lùbúŋ villages are as follows. Only Küwëk is inhabited.
234:. Dialects are Demik (Rofik) and Keiga proper (Aigang). 265:
Stevenson (1956; 1957) originally called the language
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Reh, Mechthild. 1994. A Grammatical Sketch of Deiga.
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is a 1293:Categories 686:Indigenous 555:Ethnologue 537:References 291:Ethnologue 230:spoken in 688:languages 523:Kɔ́ɔ́lɔ̀ 487:Se Malili 423:Mʊ̀tʊ̀jʊ́ 415:Shihaita 368:Kulwaring 351:Sə́ə́ɖɪ̀ŋ 343:Jighaiba 166:Glottolog 150:ISO 639-3 52:Ethnicity 1046:Shirumba 857:Shirumba 669:Standard 404:Turlake 381:Kə̀ntə̀ŋ 348:Saadhing 340:Tə̀ffɔ́r 285:Villages 232:Kordofan 173:keig1242 112:Dialects 46:Kordofan 1251:Kadugli 1223:Eastern 1214:Tulishi 1197:Western 1147:Domorik 1077:Acheron 1061:Warnang 902:Warnang 797:Dengebu 787:Acheron 769:Zaghawa 759:Tulishi 729:Kadugli 724:Kadallu 677:English 454:Kuwaik 378:Kantang 330:ə̀mbɔ́ŋ 1265:Lafofa 1235:Tumtum 1230:Krongo 1175:Tegali 1162:Rashad 1152:Kaalak 1130:Rashad 1112:Torona 1087:Jomang 1070:Talodi 1026:Kwalib 1009:Heiban 923:Domari 892:Torona 867:Tegali 822:Kwalib 807:Jomang 764:Tumtum 749:Temein 744:Krongo 672:Arabic 528:Kayëtë 420:Mutuju 337:Taffor 327:Ambong 202:UNESCO 120:Aigang 42:Region 1278:Tegem 1273:Amira 1244:Other 1209:Keiga 1204:Kanga 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Index

Sudan
Kordofan
Keiga
Language family
Nilo-Saharan
Kadu
Kadugli-Krongo
Writing system
Latin
ISO 639-3
kec
Glottolog
keig1242
ELP
Keiga

UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Kadu language
Kordofan
VSO
Keiga
Ethnologue



Keiga basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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