Moro | |
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Dhimorong | |
Region | Nuba Hills, Sudan |
Ethnicity | Moro Nuba |
Native speakers
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(30,000 cited 1982) |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | moro1285 |
Moro is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken by the Moro people in the Nuba Mountains of Kordofan, Sudan.
There are 7 dialects of Moro (Guest 1997a).Ethnologue names are given in parentheses.
Each dialect corresponds to a separate clan, except for Ləmwarəŋ and Ləŋorəban, which are amalgamated into a single clan known as the Wërria. Thus, there is a total of 6 different clans.