Nyima languages
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This article is about the two languages of Sudan. For the language of Nigeria, see Nyima language.
Pair of Eastern Sudanic languages of southern Sudan
| Nyima | |
|---|---|
| Nyimang | |
| Geographic distribution | Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Nyimang |
| Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan? |
| Proto-language | Proto-Nyima |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | nyim1244 |
The Nyima languages are a pair of languages of Sudan spoken by the Nyimang of the Nuba Mountains. They appear to be most closely related to the Eastern Sudanic languages, especially the northern group of Nubian, Nara and Tama.
Languages
[edit ]The languages are:
Claude Rilly (2010)[3] includes reconstructions for Proto-Nyima.
See also
[edit ]- List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
[edit ]- ^ Ama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ Afitti at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-9042922372