Koalib

KIB

developing

Alternate Names: Abri, Kawalib, Kowalib, Lgalige, Ngirere, Nirere, Rere

Dialects: Ngemere, Nginyukwur, Ngirere, Ngunduna, Nguqwurang. Lexical similarity: 75% with most similar Heiban languages.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Kordofanian
Heiban
West-Central
Central
Rere

Demographics: 44,300 (Stevenson 1984).

Language Use: Also use Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Development: NT: 1967–1994.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Sudan