Amira language

{{Short description|Niger–Congo language spoken in Sudan}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Amira

|nativename=Jebel El Amira

|states=Sudan

|region=Nuba Hills

|ethnicity=Lafofa

|speakers={{sigfig|5,140|2}} all Lalofa

|date=1984

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Lafofa

|iso3=none

|iso3comment=(included in {{ISO 639|laf|link=yes}} [laf])

|glotto=jebe1248

|glottorefname=Jebel El Amira

}}

Amira, also Jebel el Amira, is a Niger–Congo language spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is sometimes considered a dialect of Lafofa, which is poorly attested.

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Sources

  • Roger Blench, 2011 (ms), "Does Kordofanian constitute a group and if not, where does its languages fit into Niger-Congo?"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120319222916/http://media.leidenuniv.nl/legacy/nuba-hills-conference-paper-2011.pdf]

{{Languages of Sudan}}

{{Kordofanian languages}}

Category:Lafofa languages

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