Ilit language
| Ilit | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Eritrea, Ethiopia |
| Ethnicity | Kunama |
Native speakers | 1,000 (date missing) |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in kun) |
| Glottolog |
ilit1242[1] |
Ilit (Iiliit) is a divergent variety of Kunama that is mutually unintelligible enough to be considered a distinct language. It is spoken by the Kunama people who straddle the western Eritrean–Ethiopian border.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ilit". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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