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
  • Ama
    (Nyimang)
  • Dinik
    (Afitti)
Glottolognyim1244

The Nyima languages are a pair of languages of

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) — 160,000 speakers[1]
  • Dinik (Afitti) — 4,000 speakers (2009)[2]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Ama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Afitti at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ISBN 978-9042922372
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