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| Sinyar | |
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| Shemya | |
| Native to | Chad |
| Ethnicity | Sinyar |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sys |
| Glottolog | siny1243 |
Shemya is the language of the Sinyar people. It is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Chad and formerly in Darfur, Sudan. It is variously spelled Shamya, Shamyan, Shemya, Sinya, and known as Symiarta, Taar Shamyan, Zimirra.
Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bongo–Bagirmi |
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Italics indicate extinct languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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