Shwai language

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.

Shwai
Shirumba
Native toSudan
RegionNuba Hills
EthnicityShwai
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1989)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3shw
Glottologshwa1239
ELPShwai
Shwai is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

References

  1. Shwai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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