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Nyimang language

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Nyimang
Ama
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
Native speakers
(70,000 cited 1982)[1]
Dialects
  • Ama
  • Mandal
Language codes
ISO 639-3nyi
Glottologamas1236

Nyimang, also known as Ama, is an East Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Mountains.

It is spoken in Al Fous, Fuony, Hajar Sultan, Kakara, Kalara, Koromiti, Nitil, Salara, Tundia, and other villages (Ethnologue, 22nd edition).

Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.

References

  1. ^ Nyimang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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