Acheron | |
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Asheron | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | Nuba Hills |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2006)
[1] 9,800 in home area (2006) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
acz |
Glottolog |
ache1245 |
ELP | Acheron |
Acheron is classified as Severely Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Acheron (Asheron) is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan.
Acheron derives from the Arabic word aɟɟur-uun which means "innocent people", [2] it was later "indigenised as acʊrʊn" (Stevenson 1956: 102) and turned into aʃərɔn. The autoethonym in Acheron is wɑ-rəmɛ for the people and ɡə-rəmɛ for the language. [2]
The number of active speakers is estimated to be 9.800. [2] This number includes the community members and "diaspora speakers" [2] in other Sudanese towns and abroad.