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An Axiomatic functionalist analysis of the phonology of Yulu
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3,000 - 5,000

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"Given the wide geographical area where Yulu is spoken, it is extremely difficult to give even a rough estimate. I shall, therefore, confine myself to the sub-dialect under research. Even here the problem is complicated by the fact that... the language is spoken not only by the Yulu, but also by the neighbouring Binga and Kara. Furthermore, the only available figures from which the statistics have been quoted were those taken from the tax-payers list... It is the writer's own estimate from all indications that the number of speakers of this particular sub-dialect under research may well range between 3,000-5,000."

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1976

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Central African Republic and the Republic of the Sudan [now in South Sudan].

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"Other tribes, i. e. the Binga (pronounced biýa) and the Kara speak it [Yulu] as well... Yulu is the dominant language of this area. Although many languages are spoken here, Yulu is still to be reckoned with - though Kreish was the language chosen later after the Rejaf Conference to be the language of instruction in this area... Although the Kara language is different from either Yulu or Binga... the Kara have to still use Yulu as a lingua franca because, administratively, they form a unit with the Binga the immediate neighbours of the Yulu. These three tribes are so much linguistically and culturally integrated today that the common nomenclature by which other tribes call them is 'Yulu'... Yulu was not one of the languages recommended by the Rejaf Language Conference."

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"In 1946 they counted 234 TP [tax-payers] and 301 in 1952. Some Yulu remained behind the FEA [(former) French Equatorial Africa] and a few more passed over, during Sanusi's wars, to Darfur; but it is difficult to make even a rough estimate of their numbers. Some would say that in FEA they are as numerous as in the Bahr el Ghazal, but that is probably a gross exaggeration..."

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1964

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Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan

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"Close linguistic affinities and the statements of other tribes, suggest a common origin for Binga and Yulu, but both of them strongly disclaim any relationship between themselves... they were often at war with each other... This is almost the only western tribe that is known under its original name: Yulu... The Yulu are a fine race: of fairly good build, of strong independent character, hard workers on the whole... they have fairly numerous offspring, and together with the kindred Binga are on the increase... The Yulu are divided into many clans..."

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7,000

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2010

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8.3854, 24.1754

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1970

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2007

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Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan

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"Spoken by small communities traditionally settled both in the Central African Republic (Préfecture de la Vakaga) and the Republic of the Sudan (Bahr-el Ghazal [now in South Sudan] and Southern Darfur Provinces)."

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"Spoken by small communities traditionally settled both in the Central African Republic (Préfecture de la Vakaga) and the Republic of the Sudan (Bahr-el Ghazal [now in South Sudan] and Southern Darfur Provinces)."

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"4,000 in Central African Republic (1996)."

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2009

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Sudan; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Central African Republic;

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2005

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8.5, 25.25

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~ 10,000

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"Il est parlé... au total, environ 10.000 locuteurs."

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2008

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Central African Republic and the Republic of the Sudan [now in South Sudan].

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Central African Republic and the Republic of the Sudan [now in South Sudan].

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