Nyima languages
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| Nyima | |
|---|---|
| Nyimang | |
| Geographic distribution | Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Nyimang |
| Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan? |
| Proto-language | Proto-Nyima |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | nyim1244 |
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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 | edit source]The languages are:
Claude Rilly (2010)[3] includes reconstructions for Proto-Nyima.
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Afitti at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).