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Name: Tulishi
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Tulesh; Thulishi; Kuntulishi; Tuleshi
Spoken in: Sudan
Number of speakers: 8,630 (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977). 3,000 Kamda, 2,500 Tulishi (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 8628 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 8628 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: tey
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Nilo-Saharan
Parent Subgroup: Unclassified Nilo-Saharan; 4. Tumtum group (unns)
Child Dialects: Kamda; Kamdang (tey-kam) Tulishi (tey-tul) Dar El Kabira; Turuj; Truj; Logoke; Minjimmina (tey-dar)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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