Nyimang language

Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nyimang, also known as Ama, is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan by the Nyimang people who are a sub-group of the Nuba people.

NativetoSudan
EthnicityNyimang
Native speakers
170,000 (2022)[1]
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Nyimang
Ámá
Native toSudan
RegionSouth Kordofan
EthnicityNyimang
Native speakers
170,000 (2022)[1]
Dialects
  • Ama
  • Afunj
  • Mandal
  • Tundia
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3nyi
Glottologamas1236
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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.[2] Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.

Phonology

Consonants

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  • /s/ is heard as [ʃ] when before front vowels.
  • /l/ can be heard as a retroflex [ɭ] when before front vowels.
  • /f/ can also be heard as bilabial [ɸ] in free variation.[3]

Vowels

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  • /i, u/ can be heard as [ɪ, ʊ] in lax position.
  • /o/ can have an allophone of [ɵ] when in the position of /ɽ/.[4]

References

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