Wali

Facts

Language: Wali
Alternate names: Walari, Walarishe, Nubian (Hill), Ajang
Language code: wll
Language family: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Eastern, Nubian, Central, Hill, Unclassified (SIL classification)
Number of speakers: 9,000
Vulnerability: Threatened
Script: Unwritten.

More information:

Ethnic autonym: Wele.

Karko [kko] and Wali speakers often identify themselves as speaking the same language, called Ajang... the term 'Ajang' is used among several Nuba Mountain languages of the Nubian group to refer to their common identity. (Krell 2012)