| Variants |
Lafofa, Kidie, Tegem, Kidie Lafofa |
| Language affiliation |
Niger Congo |
| Language affiliation (details) |
Niger-Congo, Kordofanian, Kordofanian Proper, Talodi, Tegem. |
| Geographic locations |
Sudan, Northern Sudan, Nuba Hills, Central Eliri range and on Umm Shatta and Takei hills. |
| Language situation |
Seriously endangered language: the youngest speakers have reached or passed middle age |
| General presentation of the language |
Its dialects are Jebel El Amira (El Amira), Jebel Tekeim (Jebel, Tekeim, Tegem) and Lafofa. |
| Number of speakers |
2,450 (2,000 of Lafofa, 250 of Jebel El Amira and 200 of Jebel Tekeim) |
| Socio-linguistic context – description |
Kidie Lafafa is spoken by the Amee Lafofa ethnic group. Coming from the neighbouring Jebel Tekeim, they settled on the Jebel Eliri hill. None of the Lafofa admits to understand the Eliri language. |
| ISO standard codes (639-2 / 639-3) |
[LAF] |
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| Unicode support |
Yes |
