Jomang (Ajomang, Gajomang), or Talodi, is a Niger–Congo language in the

Talodi Talodi is a small town in the Nuba Mountains The Nuba Mountains ( ar, جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan. The area is home to a group of indigenous ethnic groups known colle ...

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Kordofan Kordofan ( ar, كردفان ') is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was divided into three new federal states: North Kordofan, South Kordofan and West Kordofan. In August 2005, West Kordofan State was abolished and its territory ...

, Sudan. Talodi is spoken in Tasomi and Tata villages (''Ethnologue'', 22nd edition).

Grammar

Noun Classes

As most languages of the Talodi Family, it uses noun classes to indicate if the word is in the singular or a plural form. There exist both two-class and one-class gender groups, and in all of them mostly consonant prefixes are used as an indicator. Following is presented the noun class chart of Talodi after Schadeberg (1981: 50–51):

References

Critically endangered languages Talodi languages {{Kordofanian-lang-stub