Tiro language

Tiro
Kanderma
Lithiro
Region	Nuba Hills, Sudan
Ethnicity	Tira people
Native speakers	(40,000 cited 1982)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Talodi–Heiban Heiban West Heiban Tiro
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tic`
Glottolog	`tira1254`^[2]

Tiro, also Thiro or Tira, is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan.

References

↑ Tiro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tira". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Official languages

Indigenous
languages

Nilo-Saharan	Daza Dinka Doni Fur Kadugli Kanga Keiga Krongo Temein Tese Tulishi Tumtum Zaghawa

Niger-Congo	Acheron Amira Dengebu Ebang Jomang Katla Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Lumun Moro Nding Ngile Shirumba Tagoi Tegali Tegem Tima Tiro Tocho Torona Utoro Warnang

Other	Beja Domari

Other languages

Heiban	Ebang Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Moro Shirumba Tiro Utoro Warnang

Talodi	Acheron Dengebu Jomang Lumun Nding Ngile Tocho Torona

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