Tese (Teisei) is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Hills of Sudan.
Tese | |
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T̪ɛséʔ | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | Nuba Hills |
Native speakers | (1,400 with Keiga Jirru, cited 1971)[1] |
Language family | Nilo-Saharan?
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ISO 639-3 | keg (shared with Keiga Jirru) |
Glottolog | tese1238 |
ELP | Tese |
Tese is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Ethnologue lists Keiga Jirru as an alternate name.
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Italics indicate extinct languages |
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