Tornasi is an ethnic group in Sudan. They speak Kelo, a Nilo-Saharan language which has 200 speakers and is critically endangered.[1] It is among the Satellite-Core languages among the Nilo-Saharan languages.[2] A more detailed division is Core languages, then Eastern Sudanic languages, Southern languages, Eastern Jebel languages, then Aka-Kelo-Molo.[2] Beni Sheko speakers consider themselves to be part of the same ethnic group as Kelo speakers.[3] They live in Geissan District, Blue Nile State, Sudan: Jebel Tornasi, Keeli village, and Beni Sheko. They live West of Berta-speaking people.[4] Most are Muslims.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.multitree.org/codes/xel.html
  2. 1 2 3 "Kelo". Ethnologue.
  3. ↑ Bender, M. Lionel. 1997. The Eastern Jebel Languages of Sudan. Afrika und Übersee 80: 190.
  4. ↑ Frawley, William J. (May 2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977178-3.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.