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Shwai
Shirumba
Native to Sudan
Region Nuba Hills
Ethnicity Shwai
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1989) [1]
Dialects
  • Ndano
  • Shabun
  • Shirumba
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.

References

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