Ghulfan

GHL

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Alternate Names: Gulfan, Uncunwee, Wunci, Wuncimbe

Dialects: None known. Most closely related to Kadaru , (Jabal Sitta), then to Dilling , and Wali ,.

Genealogy:

Nilo-Saharan
Eastern Sudanic
Eastern
Nubian
Central
Hill
Kadaru-Ghulfan

Demographics: 16,000 (Stevenson 1984), decreasing. 0 monolinguals.

Language Use: Those under 30 only speak Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. 100% also use Ghulfan [ghl]. Used as L2 by Ghulfan [ghl].

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Sudan

Other Comments: Ethnic autonym: Uncu.