Dongo language (Nilo-Saharan)

Not to be confused with Dongo language (Ubangian).
Dongo
Native to South Sudan
Native speakers
unknown: 16,000 all Kresh languages apart from Furu (2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 krs (Kresh–Gbaya–Woro–Dongo)
Glottolog dong1296[2]

Dongo is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan. It is one of the Kresh languages, and generally considered a dialect of Kresh.

The name Dongo is also used by several Ubangian languages.

References

  1. Dongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Dongo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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