Shwai language

Shwai
Shirumba
Native to	Sudan
Region	Nuba Hills
Ethnicity	Shwai
Native speakers	(3,500 cited 1989)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Talodi–Heiban Heiban Shwai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`shw`
Glottolog	`shwa1239`^[2]

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

References

↑ Shwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Shwai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Languages of Sudan

Official languages

Indigenous
languages

Nilo-Saharan	Daza Dinka Doni Fur Kadugli Kanga Keiga Krongo Temein Tese Tulishi Tumtum Zaghawa

Niger-Congo	Acheron Amira Dengebu Ebang Jomang Katla Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Lumun Moro Nding Ngile Shirumba Tagoi Tegali Tegem Tima Tiro Tocho Torona Utoro Warnang

Other	Beja Domari

Other languages

Kordofanian languages (geographic)

Talodi–Heiban

Heiban	Ebang Ko Kwalib Laro Logol Moro Shirumba Tiro Utoro Warnang

Talodi	Acheron Dengebu Jomang Lumun Nding Ngile Tocho Torona

Katla-Rashad

Katla	Domorik Kaalak

Rashad	Tagoi Tegali

Kadu

Western	Kanga Keiga Tulishi

Eastern	Krongo Tumtum

Other	Kadugli

Lafofa

Amira
Tegem

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