Ilit | |
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Native to | Eritrea |
Region | Gash-Barka Region |
Ethnicity | Kunama |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1993) [1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (included in Kunama [kun]) |
Glottolog |
ilit1242 Ilit
bita1252 Bitama
soko1249 Sokodasa |
Ilit (Iiliit) is a divergent variety of Kunama that is mutually unintelligible enough to be considered a distinct language. It is spoken by the Kunama people who straddle the western Eritrean– Ethiopian border.