Ilit language

Ilit
Ilit
Native to	Eritrea
Region	Gash-Barka Region
Ethnicity	Kunama
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1993)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Kunama Ilit; ;
Dialects	Bitama (Bitaama); Sokodas;
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.

References

^ "Kunama". Ethnologue. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
^ Ashkaba, John Abraha. (2007). Ilit and Sokodas language. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 3 He-N. ed. Siegbert Uhlig. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. pp. 122-123.

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