| Gule | |
|---|---|
| Anej, Fecakomodiyo, Hamej1 | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Blue Nile |
| Ethnicity | 1,000 (1983)2 |
| Era | last attested 19323 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gly |
| Glottolog | gule1241 |
Gule, also known as Anej, Fecakomodiyo, and Hamej,1 is an extinct language of Sudan. Although it has been classified as one of the Koman languages, Zamponi (2026) unambiguously identifies Gule as a language isolate.4 It is poorly attested, and Hammarström judges the evidence to be insufficient for classification as Koman.5 Others however accept it as Koman, though too poorly attested to be much help in reconstructing that family.6
The language was spoken by the inhabitants of Jebel Gule in Blue Nile State, Sudan.5 Speakers had shifted to Arabic by the late 20th century.
References
References
- "Gule". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- Gule language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Evans-Pritchard, 'Ethnological observations in Dar Fung', Sudan Notes and Records 15 (1932: 51–52)
- Zamponi, Raoul (2026). Gule. Routledge World Languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781041032298.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Gule". Glottolog 4.3.
- Gerrit Dimmendaal, Colleen Ahland & Angelika Jakobi (2019) Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as 'Nilo-Saharan', Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics