Kadaru

KDU

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Alternate Names: Kadaro, Kadero, Kaderu, Kodhin, Kodhinniai, Kodoro

Dialects: Dabatna (Kaaral), Kadaru (Kodur), Kafir (Ka’e), Kuldaji (Kendal), Kurtala (Ngokra), Kururu (Tagle). Dialects spoken by six clan groups living on six separate hills. Western form used by the Berko people at Habila (southwest of Jebel Sitta, neighboring the Ghulfan) may be another dialect or a separate language. Lexical similarity: 93% with Dilling ,, 92%–87% with Debri ,, 60% with Birked ,.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 7000

Typology: SOV.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Sudan

Other Comments: Ethnic autonym: Tamya.