Nyima languages

This article is about the two languages of Sudan. For the language of Nigeria, see Nyima language.

Nyima
Nyimang
Geographic distribution	Sudan
Ethnicity	Nyimang
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Northern Eastern Nyima
Proto-language	Proto-Nyima
Subdivisions	Ama (Nyimang) Dinik (Afitti)
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

The languages are:

• Ama (Nyimang) — 160,000 speakers ^[1]
• Dinik (Afitti) — 4,000 speakers (2009) ^[2]

Claude Rilly (2010) ^[3] includes reconstructions for Proto-Nyima.

See also

• List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions (Wiktionary)

References

1. Ama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Afitti at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
3. Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN   978-9042922372