Ilit language

Ilit (Iiliit) is a divergent variety of Kunama that is mutually unintelligible enough to be considered a distinct language. It is spoken by the Kunama people who straddle the western Eritrean–Ethiopian border.

Ilit
Native to	Eritrea
Region	Gash-Barka Region
Ethnicity	Kunama
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Kunama Ilit
Dialects	Bitama (Bitaama) Sokodas[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included in Kunama [kun])
Glottolog	ilit1242  Ilit bita1252  Bitama soko1249  Sokodasa

Map of the Kunama Languages