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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,000

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Some monolinguals exist.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Sudan;

Coordinates

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Location description

North, Wali Hills, south of Karko Hills.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

North, Wali Hills, south of Karko Hills.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

487

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

11.9372, 29.3005

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

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No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

6,454

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

1991

Location and Context

Countries

Sudan

Coordinates

11.958723,29.404449

Location description

Nuba Mountains

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Nuba Mountains

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~9,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

Many

More about speakers

"There are reportedly 9,000 people living in Wali. It is likely that most or all of them are speaking Wali."

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Sudan

Coordinates

11.817285, 29.453608

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Sudanese Arabic; English

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

"Many people in Wali are reportedly able to read Arabic, and many are reportedly able to read English."

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

487

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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