Otoro language

Otoro
Native to	Sudan
Region	Nuba Hills
Ethnicity	Otoro Nuba
Native speakers	10,000 (2001)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Talodi–Heiban Heiban Central Heiban Otoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`otr`
Glottolog	`otor1240`^[2]

The Otoro language (Utoro, Dhitoro, Litoro) is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan.

It is also called Kawama (Kawarma). Dialects are Dugujur, Dukwara, Dorobe, Dogoridi.

Bibliography

Kodi, Musa, et al. 2002. Otoro Alphabet Story Book. Sudan: Sudan Workshop Programme.

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

Official languages

Indigenous
languages

Nilo-Saharan	Daza Dinka Doni Fur Kadugli Kanga Keiga Krongo Temein Tese Tulishi Tumtum Zaghawa

Niger-Congo	Acheron Amira Dengebu Ebang Jomang Katla Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Lumun Moro Nding Ngile Shirumba Tagoi Tegali Tegem Tima Tiro Tocho Torona Utoro Warnang

Other	Beja Domari

Other languages

Heiban	Ebang Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Moro Shirumba Tiro Utoro Warnang

Talodi	Acheron Dengebu Jomang Lumun Nding Ngile Tocho Torona

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