• Shemya (tàar ʃàmɲà) is the language of the Sinyar people. It is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Chad and formerly in Darfur, Sudan. It is variously...
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  • Sinyar are the members of a minor ethnic minority in Chad and possibly Sudan (West Darfur). Most speak Sinyar, a Nilo-Saharan language, as well as Chadian...
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  • Sinyar may refer to: Sinyar people Sinyar language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sinyar. If an internal link led you...
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  • "sorcerer"), due to the Kujarke's reputation for practicing witchcraft among the Sinyar people. The speakers were reported to live mainly by hunting and gathering...
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    Sudan. Languages of Darfur include Daju, Erenga (or Sungor), Fongoro, Fulbe (or Fulfulde), Fur (thus the name of the region), Masalit, Sinyar, Tama, Midob...
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    required) Simaa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Sinyar at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Siwu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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    Sara (Madjingay) (183,471, RGPH 1993) Sinyar Eastern Sudanic languages Tama (63,000) Sungor (38,000) Mararit (43,000) Daju Semitic languages Bongor Arabic (pidgin) Chadian...
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  • Technologies, an information technology company ISO 639-3 code of the Sinyar language IATA code of the Saskylakh Airport .sys filename extension Sun Yat-sen...
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    Yulu-Binga Fongoro Shemya (Sinyar) Bongoid Bongo Fer (Kara) Modo, Jur Beli Comparison of numerals in individual languages: List of Proto-Central Sudanic...
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  • speakers in Sudan. The three Berta languages, Gebeto, Fadashi and Undu, are often considered dialects of a single language. Berta proper includes the dialects...
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  • Sinyar (Shemya) ? Bagirmi Sara Doba (Bedjond, Gor, Mango) Kaba Vale Birri (likely to be closer to Kresh) Fongoro (Formona) ? Yulu (Yulu–Binga) Sinyar...
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  • The Nubian languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. Nubian languages were spoken throughout much of Sudan, but as a result of...
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    The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of around 210 African languages spoken by somewhere around 70 million speakers, mainly in the upper parts...
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  • Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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  • (or preferably Chabu; also called Mikeyir) is an endangered language and likely language isolate spoken by about 400 former hunter-gatherers in southwestern...
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    The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages ([sõʁaj], [soŋaj] or [soŋoj]) are a group of closely related languages/dialects centred on the middle stretches...
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  • Kresh is a small language group of South Sudan. It is generally considered to be a branch of the Central Sudanic languages. Boyeldieu (2010) judges that...
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    The Maban languages are a small family of languages which have been included in the hypothetical Nilo-Saharan language family. Maban languages are spoken...
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  • Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are...
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    The Saharan languages are a small family of languages across parts of the eastern Sahara, extending from northwestern Sudan to southern Libya, north and...
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    The Koman languages are a small, close-knit family of languages located along the Ethiopia–Sudan border with about 50,000 speakers. They are conventionally...
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    Baguirmi, Sinyar Niger–Congo: Bua Atlantic-Congo: Fula people. List of ethnic groups in Chad Languages of Chad Demographics of Chad Ethnologue: Languages of...
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    The Fur, Furan or For[citation needed] languages constitute a small, closely related family, which is a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Its...
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    The Nilotic languages are a group of related languages spoken across a wide area between South Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples. The word Nilotic...
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    (Barya) language is spoken by the Nara people in an area just to the north of Barentu in the Gash-Barka Region of western Eritrea. The language is often...
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    The Kunama languages are a family of languages traditionally considered dialects of a single language, spoken in western Eritrea and across the border...
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  • extinct language of Sudan. Although it has been classified as one of the Koman languages, Zamponi (2025) unambiguously identifies Gule as a language isolate...
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    The Kuliak languages, also called the Rub languages, or Nyangiyan languages are a group of languages spoken by small relict communities in the mountainous...
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  • The Surmic languages are a branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family. Today, the various peoples who speak Surmic languages make their living in a...
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    The Berta languages, or Funj, traditionally considered dialects of a single language, are Gebeto (Berta proper), Fadashi, and Undu. They are either a small...
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