Nyimang, also known as Ama, is an
East Sudanic language
In most classifications, the Eastern Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are spoken from southern Egypt to northern Tanzania.
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spoken in the
Nuba Mountains
The Nuba Mountains ( ar, جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan. The area is home to a group of indigenous ethnic groups known collectively as the Nuba peoples. In the Middle Age ...
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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.
[Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ] Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.
References
External links
Ama basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Languages of Sudan
Nyima languages
Northern Eastern Sudanic languages
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