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 (Ethnologue, 22nd edition).
Rilly (2010:182) lists two mutually unintelligible varieties, Ama and Mandal.Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.
Phonology
Consonants LabialDentalAlveolarPalatal/RetroflexVelarPlosivevoicelessvoicedFricative()NasalTrillApproximant
/s/ is heard as [ʃ] when before front vowels. /l/ can be heard as a retroflex [ɭ] when before front vowels. /f/ can also be heard as bilabial [ɸ] in free variation.
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseClose-midOpen-midOpen
/i, u/ can be heard as [ɪ, ʊ] in lax position. /o/ can have an allophone of [ɵ] when in the position of /ɽ/.
References
External links Ama basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database