Shwai language

{{Short description|Niger–Congo language of Sudan}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Shwai

|nativename=Shirumba

|region=Nuba Hills

|states=Sudan

|ethnicity=Shwai

|speakers=3,500

|date=1989

|ref=e18

|dia1=Ndano

|dia2=Shabun

|dia3=Shirumba

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Kordofanian

|fam3=Talodi–Heiban

|fam4=Heiban

|fam5=West–Central

|fam6=Shirumba

|script=Latin

|map2=Lang Status 20-CR.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Shwai is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=shw

|glotto=shwa1239

|glottorefname=Shwai

}}

Shwai (Shuway) is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in South Kordofan, Sudan. It is also called Ludumor. Dialects are Shabun, Cerumba (Shirumba), Ndano.