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Amira
Jebel El Amira
Native to Sudan
Region Nuba Hills
Ethnicity Lafofa
Native speakers
(5,100 all Lalofa cited 1984) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Lafofa [laf])
Glottolog jebe1248

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.

References

  1. ^ Amira at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Sources

  • Roger Blench, 2011 (ms), "Does Kordofanian constitute a group and if not, where does its languages fit into Niger-Congo?" [1]