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{{Short description|Nilo-Saharan language of Chad and Sudan}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Amdang
| nativename       = {{lang|amj|sìmí amdangtí}}
| states           = [[Chad]], [[Sudan]]
| region           = [[Biltine Department|Biltine]], [[Wadi Fira Region|Wadi Fira]]
| ethnicity        = [[Amdang people|Amdang]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|166,000|2}}
| date             = 2024
| ref              = e27
| familycolor      = Nilo-Saharan
| fam2             = [[Fur languages|Fur]]
| iso3             = amj
| map              = Amdang_map.png
| mapcaption       = Language map of Amdang (in grey)
| glotto           = amda1238
| glottorefname    = Amdang
}}

'''Amdang''' (also '''Biltine'''; autonym: ''sìmí amdangtí'') is a language closely related to [[Fur language|Fur]], which together constitute a branch of the [[Nilo-Saharan language family]].  It is mainly spoken in [[Chad]], north of the town of [[Biltine, Chad|Biltine]], and sporadically elsewhere in [[Ouaddaï Region]]. There are also small colonies of speakers in [[Darfur]] near Woda'a and Fafa, and in [[Kordofan]] in the Abu Daza district and at Magrur north of Bara. Most of the ethnic group now speaks [[Arabic]].<ref name=e27/>

The language is also called Mimi, Mima or Biltine; the name "Mimi", however, is also applied to two extinct languages of the area; [[Mimi of Nachtigal]] and [[Mimi of Decorse]].

Wolf (2010)<ref>Wolf, Katharina. 2010. ''[https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/9036 Une enquête sociolinguistique parmi les Amdang (Mimi) du Tchad: Rapport Technique]''. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2010-028</ref> provides lexical data for the Kouchane, Sounta, Yaouada, and Tere dialects of Amdang.

==Bibliography==
*Paul Doornbos & M. [[Lionel Bender (linguist)|Lionel Bender]].  1983. "Languages of [[Ouaddaï Region|Wadai]]-[[Darfur]]", in ed. M. Lionel Bender, ''[[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan Language]] Studies'', African Studies Center, [[Michigan State University]]
*[[Joseph Greenberg]]. 1972.  "On the identity of Jungraithmayr's Mimi", ''Africana Marburgensia'' 5.2: 45–49.  Mouton, The Hague.
*H. Jungraithmayr. 1971.  "How many [[Mimi Language]]s are there?", ''Africana Marburgensia'' 4.2: 62–69.
* H. MacMichael.  1967 (1922).  ''A History of the Arabs in the Sudan''.  Barnes and Noble, New York.
* H. Carbou.  1912.  ''La Région du Tchad et du Ouadai''.  Leroux, Paris.
* M. Gaudefroy-Demombynes. 1907.  ''Documents sur Les Langues de l'Oubangui–Chari'', Actes du XIVe Congres des Orientalistes (Alger 1905).  Paris.

==See also==
*[[Wiktionary:Appendix:Amdang word list|Amdang word list]] (Wiktionary)

==References==
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{{authority control}}{{Languages of Sudan}}{{Languages of Chad}}
[[Category:Fur languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Chad]]


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