Gule language
| Gule | |
|---|---|
| Anej, Fecakomodiyo, Hamej[1] | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Blue Nile |
| Ethnicity | 1,000 (1983)[2] |
| Era | last attested 1932[3] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gly |
| Glottolog | gule1241 |
Gule, also known as Anej, Fecakomodiyo, and Hamej,[1] is an extinct language of Sudan. Although it has been classified as one of the Koman languages, Zamponi (2025) unambiguously identifies Gule as a language isolate.[4] It is poorly attested, and Hammarström judges the evidence to be insufficient for classification as Koman.[5] Others however accept it as Koman, though too poorly attested to be much help in reconstructing that family.[6]
The language was spoken by the inhabitants of Jebel Gule in Blue Nile State, Sudan.[5] Speakers had shifted to Arabic by the late 20th century.
See also
- Gule word lists (Wiktionary)
References
- ^ a b "Gule". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Gule language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Evans-Pritchard, 'Ethnological observations in Dar Fung', Sudan Notes and Records 15 (1932: 51–52)
- ^ Zamponi, Raoul (2025, forthcoming). Gule. Routledge World Languages. London: Routledge.
- ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Gule". Glottolog 4.3.
- ^ Gerrit Dimmendaal, Colleen Ahland & Angelika Jakobi (2019) Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as 'Nilo-Saharan', Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics