The Talodi are a sub-ethnic group of the

Nuba peoples The Nuba people are indigenous inhabitants of southern Sudan. The Nuba are made up of 50 various indigenous ethnic groups who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state in Sudan, encompassing multiple distinct people that speak differ ...

in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

. They likely number more than 1,000 people. The area's city and district,

Talodi Talodi () is a small town in the Nuba Mountains, and a district of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the sout ...

, are named for them.

Language

The Talodi people speak

in the Talodi–Heiban languages group. They are in the

Kordofanian languages The Kordofanian languages are a geographic grouping of five language groups spoken in the Nuba Mountains of the South Kordofan region of Sudan: Talodi–Heiban languages, Lafofa languages, Rashad languages, Katla languages and Kadu languages ...

grouping of the Nuba Mountains, which is a branch of the major Niger–Congo language family.

References

Joshua Project
Nuba peoples Ethnic groups in Sudan {{Sudan-ethno-group-stub

Language

See also

References