Amdang language

E247394

The Amdang language is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken primarily in eastern Chad and western Sudan, closely associated with the Fur people and region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amdang language canonical 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Sudanic language
Nilo-Saharan language
language
associatedWithEthnicGroup Amdang people
Fur people
associatedWithRegion Darfur region
surface form: Darfur

Fur region
country Chad
Sudan
hasAlternateEthnonymForSpeakers Shuwa Arabs
surface form: Biltine Arabs (misnomer)
hasAlternativeName Mima
Mimi
Mimi of Darfur
hasGlottologCode amda1245
hasGlottologName Amdang
hasISO6393Code amj
hasLanguageStatus non-official language in Chad
non-official language in Sudan
hasLinguisticClassificationLevel branch: Astaboran (proposed)
family: Nilo-Saharan
group: Amdang–Fur (proposed)
subfamily: Eastern Sudanic
hasMajorContactLanguage Arabic
Chadian Arabic
Fur
surface form: Fur language
hasSpeakerCommunity Amdang people
surface form: Amdang ethnic group
isCloselyAssociatedWith western Sudan
surface form: Fur region of western Sudan
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageIn Chad
Sudan
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Mimi-D language
isSubjectOf comparative studies with Fur language
region Sahel
spokenIn Chad
Sudan
spokenPrimarilyIn eastern Chad
western Sudan
subclassOf Eastern Sudanic languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fur language closelyRelatedTo Amdang language
Fur-Amdang hasMember Amdang language