Tagoi language
| Tagoi | |
|---|---|
| ŋɔ̧́ɡɔ̧́lɛ̧́ | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Nuba Hills |
| Ethnicity | Tukam |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2022) |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tag |
| Glottolog | tago1246 |
| ELP | Tagoi |
Tagoi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Tagoi language is a Kordofanian language, closely related to Tegali, spoken near the town of Rashad in southern Kordofan in Sudan, about 12 N, 31 E. Unlike Tegali, it has a complex noun class system, which appears to have been borrowed from more typical Niger–Congo languages. It has several dialects, including Umali (Tumale), Goy (Tagoi proper), Moreb, and Orig (ŋóóriɡ, Turjuk). Villages are Moreb, Tagoi, Tukum, Tuling, Tumale, Turjok, and Turum (Ethnologue, 22nd edition).
The following describes the Orig dialect.