Nyima languages

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The Nyima languages are a small group of closely related, lesser-known languages spoken by the Nyimang (Ama) people in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ama–Nyimang languages 1
Nyima languages canonical 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilo-Saharan languages
language family
alsoKnownAs Nyima languages
surface form: Ama–Nyimang languages

Nyimang–Ama languages
arealGrouping Nuba Mountain languages
country Sudan
surface form: Republic of the Sudan

Sudan
ethnicGroup Ama people
Nyimang people
geographicDistribution Nuba Mountains
surface form: central Nuba Mountains
glottologCode nyim1253
hasPart Afitti language
Ama language
Nyimang language
languageBranchOf Eastern Sudanic languages
surface form: Eastern Sudanic
linguisticTypology SOV word order
tonal language
neighboringLanguages Heiban languages
Kadu languages
Talodi languages
Temein languages
population several tens of thousands of speakers
primaryLanguageOf Ama people
Nyimang people
region Nuba Mountains
spokenIn South Kordofan
status endangered languages
minority languages
underdescribed languages
subclassOf Eastern Sudanic languages
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Nilo-Saharian hasSubgroup Nyima languages
Nyima languages alsoKnownAs Nyima languages
this entity surface form: Ama–Nyimang languages