Ilit | |
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Native to | Eritrea, Ethiopia |
Ethnicity | Kunama |
Native speakers
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1,000 (date missing) |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in kun) |
Glottolog | ilit1242 |
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.