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Katla language

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Katla (also Kaalak or Kwaalak) is a Katla language, closely related to a neighbouring language called Tima. Katla is generally classified as Kordofanian, which is not a uniform branch, and is native to the Nuba Mountains.[3] While Jalad is seen a dialect there is a clear distinction between the two groups. Similarly one can distinguish Katla into east and west Katla dialects,[4] it is believed to be spoken in 11 villages around Jebel Katla and their ethnicity is kàlàk.[4]

Katla
Kaalak
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
EthnicityKatla, Gulud
Native speakers
25,000 Julud (2009)[1]
Possibly 14,000 Katla (1984)[2]
Dialects
  • Katla-Cakom
  • Katla-Kulharong
  • Julud
Language codes
ISO 639-3kcr
Glottologkatl1237  Katla
julu1237  Julud
ELPKatla

The variety Julud is mutually intelligible with Katla-Kulharong but not with Katla-Cakom.

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Dental Alveolar Post-
alveolar 		Velar Labial-
velar 		Glottal
Plosive voiceless t̪ t (c) k k͡p (ʔ)
voiced b d̪ d ɟ ɡ ɡ͡b
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd̪ ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑɡ
Fricative s (ʃ) h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Rhotic r ɽ
Approximant w l j

Sounds [c] and [ʃ] occur as realizations of /s/.[5]

Consonants in the Julut dialect[6]
Labial Dental/ Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Labial-velar
Plosive voiceless t̪ ʈ k k͡p
voiced b d̪ ɖ ɟ ɡ ɡ͡b
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd̪ ᶯɖ ᶮɟ ᵑɡ
Fricative f s ʃ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Rhotic r ɽ
Approximant w l j

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
ɛ ɔ
Open a

/i, u/ can also be realized as [ɪ, ʊ].[5]

Vowels in the Julut dialect[6]
Front Central Back
Close i u
ɪ ʊ
Mid e ə o
ɛ ɔ
Open ɐ
a

Nouns

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Plural

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Most of the time nouns in Katla do not have a plural, either numbers are put in front of the word or a quantifier is used. Often loanwords do not follow this rule and therefore change in their plural form.[7]

Genitive case

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In some cases Katla places the genitive after the subject, as in other Sudanese languages: ‚u gbalana‘ " the dog’s owner ". Usually this is avoided and put in between both nouns: ‚gas i gu‘ „the dog’s head“.[8]

Subjective case

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The subjective case is put infringement of the verb. In the case of multiple objects each one gets a case:

‘gu šekemole retet’ “The dog bit the gazelle”[8]

Pronouns

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[9] singular plural
1st person Ṇ- Ni-, N-, Ń-
2nd person Dj- Dj-
3rd person Y- Y-

Numbers

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Source:[10]

  1. tẹták
  2. sẹk
  3. hātẹd
  4. agálam
  5. jẹgwūlẹn
  6. djọltẹn
  7. djolēk
  8. taṅgẹl
  9. djalbatẹn
  10. rākwẹs

Dialects and locations

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Dialects and village locations:[1]

  • Julud dialect: Kabog, Kabog North, Kabosh, Kambai, Karkando, Karkarya, Kary, Kimndang, Kitanngo, Kolbi, Koto Kork, Octiang, Rumber, Sabba, and Tolot
  • Katla dialect: Bombori, Karoka, Kateik, Kiddu, Kirkpong, and Koldrong

References

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  1. ^ a b Katla at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ Katla language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)  
  3. ^ Birgit Hellwig 2013, p. 238.
  4. ^ a b Brigit Hellwig 2013, p. 238.
  5. ^ a b Tucker, Archibald N.; Bryan, Margaret A. (1966). The Katla Group. In Linguistic Analyses: The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa: London: Oxford University Press.
  6. ^ a b Nüsslein, Ulrike (2020). A Grammar of Kordofanian Julut with Particular Consideration of the Verbal Morphology. Köln: Köppe. pp. 30–31.
  7. ^ Meinhof 1917, p. 219.
  8. ^ a b Meinhof 1917, p. 221.
  9. ^ Meinhof, Carl. 1916-1917. Sprachstudien im egyptischen Sudan 14: Katla. Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen VII. 212-235. p.224
  10. ^ Meinhof, Carl. 1916-1917. Sprachstudien im egyptischen Sudan 14: Katla. Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen VII. 212-235. p.223
 

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