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Where are Kadu languages spoken in Sudan?
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Nilo-Saharan languages
Distribution of the Nilo-Saharan languages.
The Kadu languages are spoken along the western and southern edges of the Nuba Hills in Sudan.1
It is important to clarify that while the term "Kadu" can refer to a Tibeto-Burman language group in Burma, in the context of African linguistics, the Kadu languages are a distinct group now widely classified as a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan language family. They were previously misclassified as part of the Niger-Congo language family.21