Katla language

Katla
	Kaalak
Native to	Nuba Hills, Sudan
Ethnicity	Katla, Gulud
Native speakers	25,000 Julud (2009)[1]; possibly 14,000 Katla in 1984[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Katla Katla; ;
Dialects	Katla-Cakom; Katla-Kulharong; Julud;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kcr
Glottolog	katl1237 Katla[3]; julu1237 Julud[4]

Katla (also Kaalak or Kwaalak) is a Katla language, closely related to a neighbouring language called Tima but otherwise quite divergent within the Niger–Congo family.

The variety Julud is mutually intelligible with Katla-Kulharong but not with Katla-Cakom.

Dialects and locations

Dialects and village locations (Ethnologue, 22nd edition):

Julud dialect: Kabog, Kabog North, Kabosh, Kambai, Karkando, Karkarya, Kary, Kimndang, Kitanngo, Kolbi, Koto Kork, Octiang, Rumber, Sabba, and Tolot
Katla dialect: Bombori, Karoka, Kateik, Kiddu, Kirkpong, and Koldrong

References

Katla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Katla at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Katla". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Julud". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Katla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Katla at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[Glottolog-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Katla". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog2-4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Julud". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.