Nyimang language
Nyimang, also known as Ama, is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan by the Nyimang people who are a sub-group of the Nuba people.
It is spoken in Al Fous, Fuony, Hajar Sultan, Kakara, Kalara, Koromiti, Nitil, Salara, Tundia, and other villages.
Rilly lists two mutually unintelligible varieties, Ama and Mandal. Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.
Phonology
Consonants
- /s/ is heard as when before front vowels.
- /l/ can be heard as a retroflex when before front vowels.
- /f/ can also be heard as bilabial in free variation.