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Profile of Multiplicity: A

Number of Languages Spoken in Each Sample

(Ranked According to the Number of Sizeable Language Groups in Each Locality)

Key:
= Arabic. Everywhere Arabic represents more than two-thirds of the sample; where Arabic is spoken by the largest number, it appears first in the sequence.
= Language representing 20% or more of the sample
* = Language representing 10% or more of the sample
= Language representing 5% or more of the sample
= Language representing 2% or more of the sample
. = Language representing less than 2% of the sample

*(+)
LOCALITYPROFILELanguages:
TOTAL #
>10%>5%
Locality # 19. * * ............2135
Locality # 22. ...0522
Locality # 30. 0322
Locality # 2. .............1722
Locality # 29. ............1722
Locality # 11. ........1223
Locality # 16. * ....0833
Locality # 1. * ........................2933
Locality # 17. * .....................2833
Locality # 6. * .........1534
Locality # 20. * ........1636
Locality # 4. * * ........1544
Locality # 27. ..0533
Locality # 7. ..0533
Locality # 12. ..0633
Locality # 10. .....0933
Locality # 26. ...0833
Locality # 23. ....0933
Locality # 24. ....1033
Locality # 9. .......1333
Locality # 15. ...0935
Locality # 18. ........1535
Locality # 8. ..0936
Locality # 3. ...............2336
Locality # 21. * ..0844
Locality # 25. * ........1345
Locality # 28. * ....1345
Locality # 5. * * .....1156
Locality # 14. ...........1845
Locality # 13. * ...0855


Profile of Multiplicity: B

Number of Languages Spoken in Each Sample

(Ranked According to Total Number of Languages)

Number of Languages Spoken in Each Sample

Total # of Languages: mean = 12.6; median = 11.5; range = 3 - 29
# of Languages > 10%: mean = 3.13; median = 3; range = 2& - 5 (5 @ 2, 18 @ 3, 5 @ 4 & 2 @ 5)
# of Languages > 5%: mean = 3.83; median = 3; range = 2 - 6 (4 @ 2, 12 @ 3, 3 @ 4, 7 @ 5 & 4 @ 6)

*(+)
LOCALITYPROFILELanguages:
TOTAL #
>10% >5%
Locality # 30. 0322
Locality # 22. ...0522
Locality # 27. ..0533
Locality # 7. ..0533
Locality # 12. ..0633
Locality # 16. * ....0833
Locality # 26. ...0833
Locality # 21. * ..0844
Locality # 13. * ...0855
Locality # 10. .....0933
Locality # 23. ....0933
Locality # 15. ...0935
Locality # 8. ..0936
Locality # 24. ....1033
Locality # 5. * * .....1156
Locality # 11. ........1223
Locality # 9. .......1333
Locality # 25. * ........1345
Locality # 28. * ....1345
Locality # 6. * .........1534
Locality # 4. * * ........1544
Locality # 18. ........1535
Locality # 20. * ........1636
Locality # 2. .............1722
Locality # 29. ............1722
Locality # 14. ...........1845
Locality # 19. * * ............2135
Locality # 3. ...............2336
Locality # 17. * .....................2833
Locality # 1. * ........................2933


1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 1 Languages#%
Masakin1Ar+Masakin 22046847
2Arabic 7446816
3Ar+Krongo 104682
4Ar+Ms+Kr 374688
5Masakin 12446826
6Masakin+Krongo 34681

Chart 1

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Chart exploded to highlight speakers of Arabic

Profile of sample # 1 by language: * ........................

Largest number: 384 Masakin 82% (362 or 77% of total sample spoke Masakin often.)
Next largest: 341 Arabic 73% (Only 218 or 47% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
* Next: 50 Krongo 11% (29 or 6% - often)
Next: 13 English 3% (11 or 2% - often), 11 Fulfulde 2% (10 or 2% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Nuba Mountains: Keiga, Shatt, Katcha (Kadugli), Lafofa, Tumma, Heiban, Talodi, Moro, Dilling, Koalib, Tira & Otoro; Southern Sudan: Dinka, Nuer & Shilluk; Western Sudan: Fur; Countries West of the Sudan: Bargu (Maba), Gur'an (Tubu), Wolof, Borno (Kanuri), Sango & Hausa; Europe: French & German.


Key:

Italics indicate that no one here claimed this language as a mother tongue, e.g. English.
= Arabic. Everywhere Arabic represents more than two-thirds of the sample; where Arabic is spoken by the largest number, it appears first in the sequence.
= Language representing 20% or more of the sample
* = Language representing 10% or more of the sample
= Language representing 5% or more of the sample
= Language representing 2% or more of the sample
. = Language representing less than 2% of the sample


1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 2 Languages#%
Krongo 1 Ar+Krongo 286 443 65
2 Ar+Kr+Dn 9 443 2
3 Ar+Dinka 4 443 1
4 Arabic 19 443 4
5 Krongo 122 443 28
6 Dinka 2 443 0
7 Fulfulde 1 443 0

Chart 2

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Chart exploded to highlight speakers of Arabic

Profile of sample # 2 by language: .............

Largest number: 417 Krongo 94% (412 or 93% of total sample spoke Krongo often.)
Next largest: 318 Arabic 72% (Only 211 or 48% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
Next: 15 Dinka 3% (11 or 2% - often)
Next: 11 Hausa 2% (11 or 2% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Nuba Mountains: Masakin, Moro, Kadugli, Talodi, Heiban & Otoro; Southern Sudan: Nuer & Shilluk; Countries West of the Sudan: Fulfulde, Bargu (Maba) & Borno (Kanuri); Eritrea: Tirginya; Europe: English.


Keys
1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 3 Languages#%
Habila, Kadaru1Ar+ Dilling 6641416
2Ar+Dr+Dl 5741414
3Ar+ Dair 8641421
4Arabic 20241449
5Bargu 24140
6Tulishi 14140
Ghulfan & Kadaru = Dair
Habila, Dabatna, Kortala & Kasha = Dilling

Chart 3

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Profile of sample # 3 by language: ...............

Largest number: 411 Arabic 99% (Only 382 or 92% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
Next largest: 143 Gulfan/Kadaru (Dair) 35% (126 or 30% - often)
Next: 123 Habila (Dilling) 30% (86 or 21% - often)
Next: 35 Koalib 8% (31 or 7% - often), 22 Nyimang 5% (11 or 3% - often), 21 Bargu (Maba) 5% (18 or 4% - often)
Next: 13 Sungor 3% (13 or 3% - often), 13 Tama 3% (12 or 3% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Nuba Mountains: Tulishi, Daju of Western Kordofan, Keiga, Shatt, Kadugli, Tegali & Shwai; Southern Sudan: Dinka, Baka, Avukaya & Mundu; Western Sudan: Masalit; Countries West of the Sudan: Borno (Kanuri)& Hausa; Europe: English


Key
1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 4 Languages#%
Eliri1Ar+Lafofa 21344648
2Ar+Lf+El 174464
3Ar+Eliri 6644615
4Arabic 14744633
5Lafofa 34461

Chart 4

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Chart exploded to highlight speakers of Arabic

Profile of sample # 4 by language: * * ........

Largest number: 443 Arabic 99% (436 or 98% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
Next largest: 233 Lafofa 52% (203 or 46% - often)
* Next: 82 Eliri 18% (45 or 10% - often)
* Next: 61 Talassa (Tumtum) 14% (40 or 9% - often)
Next: 11 Shilluk 2% (3 or 1% - often), 11 Nuer 2% (0 or 0% - often), 9 Dinka 2% (2 or 0% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Nuba Mountains: Heiban, Moro, Masakin & Miri(Kadugli); Southern Sudan: Balanda Bor; Countries West of the Sudan: Fulfulde, Borno (Kanuri) & Hausa.


Key
1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 5 Languages#%
Kudr, Angarko1Ar+Dilling 394259
2Ar+Dr+Dl 27542565
3Ar+Dair 5342512
4Arabic 5842514
Kudr & Kwashi = Dilling
Ghulfan = Dair

Chart 5

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Profile of sample # 5 by language: * * .....

Largest number: 425 Arabic 100% (422 or 99% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
Next largest: 328 Ghulfan (Dair) 77% (217 or 51% - often)
Next: 314 Dilling 74% (232 or 55% - often)
* Next: 62 Nyimang 15% (20 or 5% - often), 45 Temein 11% (44 or 10% - often)
Next: 33 English 8% (32 or 8% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Nuba Mountains: Moro; Southern Sudan: Zande; Countries West of the Sudan: Bargu (Maba) & Fulfulde; Zaïre: Bangala.


Key
1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 6 Languages#%
Umm Dorein,1Ar+Moro 7125927
Murta2Ar+ Kadugli 4825919
3Arabic 13325951
4Moro 62592
5Kadugli 12590
Murta & Tumma = Kadugli

Chart 6

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Chart exploded to highlight speakers of Arabic

Profile of sample # 6 by language: * .........

Largest number: 252 Arabic 97% (Only 216 or 83% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
Next largest: 77 Moro 30% (65 or 25% - often)
* Next: 49 Kadugli 19% (13 or 5% - often)
Next: 18 English 7% (12 or 5% - often)
Next: 7 Koalib 3% (4 or 2% - often), 6 Krongo 2% (3 or 1% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Nuba Mountains: Eliri, Shatt, Jirru, Lafofa, Dilling, Liguri & Masakin; Southern Sudan: Dinka & Ndogo-Sere


Key
1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 7 Languages#%
Dair: Sidra,1Ar+Dinik 11826245
Farla2Ar+Dk+Dr 72623
3Ar+Dair 5326220
4Arabic 8026231
5Dair 32621
6Dinik 12620
Afitti = Dinik

Chart 7

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Chart exploded to highlight speakers of Arabic

Profile of sample # 7 by language: ..

Largest number: 258 Arabic 98% (235 or 90% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
Next largest: 126 Dinik (Afitti) 48% (108 or 41% - often)
Next: 63 Dair 24% (60 or 23% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Countries West of the Sudan: Fulfulde; Europe: English.


Key
1976 PATTERNS OF MULTILINGUALISM Total
Sample
Locality # 8 Languages#%
Lagawa.A1Ar+Tulishi 14431446
2Ar+Tl+Dj 4031413
3Ar+Daju 9431430
4Arabic 3531411
5Daju 13140
Daju = Daju of Western Kordofan

Chart 8

Patterns of Multilingualism in the Three Major Languages of the Sample

Profile of sample # 8 by language: ..

Largest number: 313 Arabic 100% (313 or 100% of total sample spoke Arabic often.)
Next largest: 184 Tulishi 59% (168 or 54% - often)
Next: 135 Daju 43% (111 or 35% - often)
Next: 25 Tima 8% (25 or 8% - often), 25 English 8% (20 or 6% - often), 22 Dilling 7% (22 or 7% - often)
Next: 8 Katla 3% (0 or 0% - often)

... Languages spoken by less than 2% of the Sample - Countries West of the Sudan: Hausa; Europe: French .


Key
Sample # 9



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