Ilit language
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.
| Ilit | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Eritrea, Ethiopia |
| Ethnicity | Kunama |
Native speakers | 1,000 |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (included in kun) |
| Glottolog | ilit1242[1] |
Map of the Kunama Languages
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ilit". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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