Nyimang language

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.

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

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

References

External links

• Ama basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database