Miisiirii language
Miisiirii | |
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Native to | Sudan |
Region | West Darfur |
Ethnicity | Messiria |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | (counted as tma) |
Glottolog | miis1236 |
Miisiirii (also called Mileri or Jabal[1]) is a language of western Sudan, spoken by the Messiria of Jebel Mun (Jebel Moon) in Darfur, with a few speakers scattered in Chad.[1]
Miisiirii belongs to the Taman language family. It is often considered a dialect of Tama, though it is not particularly close.
References
- ^ a b Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-9042922372