Shwai language

Shwai (Shuway) is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is also called Ludumor. Dialects are Shabun, Cerumba (Shirumba), Ndano.

NativetoSudan

RegionNuba Hills

EthnicityShwai

Native speakers

(3,500 cited 1989)^[1]

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Shwai
Shirumba
Native to	Sudan
Region	Nuba Hills
Ethnicity	Shwai
Native speakers	(3,500 cited 1989)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Kordofanian Talodi–Heiban Heiban West–Central Shirumba Shwai
Dialects	Ndano Shabun Shirumba
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	shw
Glottolog	shwa1239
ELP	Shwai
Shwai is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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