Nyimang | |
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Ámá | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | South Kordofan |
Ethnicity | Nyimang people |
Native speakers | 170,000 (2022) [1] |
Dialects |
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
nyi |
Glottolog |
amas1236 |
Nyimang, also known as Ama, is an East Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan by the Nyimang people who are a sub-group of the Nuba people.
It is spoken in Al Fous, Fuony, Hajar Sultan, Kakara, Kalara, Koromiti, Nitil, Salara, Tundia, and other villages (Ethnologue, 22nd edition).
Rilly (2010:182) lists two mutually unintelligible varieties, Ama and Mandal. [2] Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.
Labial | Dental | Alveolar |
Palatal/ Retroflex |
Velar | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | t̪ | t | k | ||
voiced | b | d̪ | d | ɟ | ɡ | |
Fricative | f | s | ( ʃ) | |||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Trill | r | ɽ | ||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |