Ilit language
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Ilit | |
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Native to | Eritrea |
Region | Gash-Barka Region |
Ethnicity | Kunama |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in Kunama [kun]) |
Glottolog | ilit1242 Ilitbita1252 Bitamasoko1249 Sokodasa |
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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.
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