Nyimang language
| Nyimang | |
|---|---|
| Ámá | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | South Kordofan |
| Ethnicity | Nyimang |
Native speakers | 170,000 (2022) |
| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nyi |
| Glottolog | amas1236 |
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.
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. Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.