| Acheron | |
|---|---|
| Asheron | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Nuba Hills |
Native speakers | 20,000 (2006)[1] 9,800 in home area (2006)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | acz |
| Glottolog | ache1245 |
| ELP | Acheron |
 Acheron is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Acheron (Asheron) is a Niger–Congo language in the Talodi family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan.
Acheron derives from the Arabic word aɟɟur-uun [sic] which means "innocent people",[2] it was later "indigenised as /acʊrʊn/"[3] and turned into /aʃərɔn/. The autoethonym in Acheron is /wɑ-rəmɛ/ for the people and /ɡə-rəmɛ/ for the language.[2]
The number of active speakers is estimated to be 9,800.[2] This number includes the community members and "diaspora speakers" in other Sudanese towns and abroad.[2]
- ^ a b Acheron at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d Norton 2013, p. 195.
- ^ Stevenson 1956, p. 102, quoted in Norton 2013, p. 195