Otoro language

Otoro language
Otoro
Spoken in Nuba Hills, Sudan
Ethnicity Otoro Nuba
Native speakers 10,000  (2001)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Talodi–Heiban
      • Heiban
        • Central Heiban
          • Otoro
Language codes
ISO 639-3 otr

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.



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