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Nyima languages

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This article is about the two languages of Sudan. For the language of Nigeria, see Nyima language.
Nyima
Nyimang
EthnicityNyimang people
Geographic
distribution		Sudan
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
Subdivisions
Glottolognyim1244

The Nyima languages are a pair of languages of Sudan spoken by the Nyimang of the Nuba Mountains that appear to be most closely related to the Eastern Sudanic languages, especially the northern group of Nubian, Nara and Tama.

Languages

The languages are:

  • Ama (Nyimang) — 90,000 speakers[1]
  • Dinik (Afitti) — 4,000 speakers[2]

Claude Rilly (2010)[3] includes reconstructions for Proto-Nyima.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig. Ama — Ethnologue. http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/nyi/. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ^ Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig. Afitti — Ethnologue. http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/aft/. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-9042922372
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