Amira language

Amira
Jebel El Amira
Region	Nuba Hills, Sudan
Ethnicity	Lafofa
Native speakers	unknown (5,100 all Lalofa cited 1984)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Lafofa Amira
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included in laf)
Glottolog	`jebe1248`^[2]

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

References

↑ Lafofa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jebel El Amira". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Roger Blench, 2011 (ms), "Does Kordofanian constitute a group and if not, where does its languages fit into Niger-Congo?"

Languages of Sudan

Official languages	Standard Arabic Sudanese Arabic English

Indigenous languages	Acheron Amira Beja Dengebu Daza Dinka Domari Doni Ebang Fur Jomang Kadugli Kanga Katla Keiga Ko Kwalib Krongo Laro Logol Lumun Moro Nding Ngile Shirumba Tagoi Tegali Tegem Temein Tese Tima Tiro Tocho Torona Tulishi Tumtum Utoro Warnang Zaghawa

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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