Aja language (Nilo-Saharan)

Aja is a Central Sudanic language spoken in the southern South Sudanese province of Bahr el Ghazal and along the South Sudanese border in the Central African Republic. Although the Aja are ethnically Kresh, their language is unintelligible to other Kresh languages. It is largely Banda in vocabulary, though it remains Kresh in structure. Most members of the tribe are bilingual in Kresh. Alternate spellings are Adja and Ajja.

NativetoSouth Sudan, Central African Republic

EthnicityAja people

Native speakers

(200 cited 1993)^[1]

Language family

Nilo-Saharan?

• Central Sudanic?
  • Birri–Kresh
    • Kresh
      • Aja

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Aja
Native to	South Sudan, Central African Republic
Ethnicity	Aja people
Native speakers	(200 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic? Birri–Kresh Kresh Aja
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aja
Glottolog	ajas1235
ELP	Aja
Linguistic map of the non-Arab peoples of Darfur, showing the extent of the Kresh languages in Sudan.

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