Shwai | |
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Shirumba | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | Nuba Hills |
Ethnicity | Shwai |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 1989) [1] |
Dialects |
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
shw |
Glottolog |
shwa1239 |
ELP | Shwai |
Shwai is classified as Critically Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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.