| Nyimang | |
| Nativename: | Ámá |
| States: | Sudan |
| Region: | South Kordofan |
| Ethnicity: | Nyimang |
| Date: | 2022 |
| Ref: | e27 |
| Script: | Latin alphabet |
| Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
| Fam2: | Eastern Sudanic |
| Fam3: | Northern Eastern |
| Fam4: | Nyima |
| Dia1: | Ama |
| Dia2: | Afunj |
| Dia3: | Mandal |
| Dia4: | Tundia |
| Iso3: | nyi |
| Glotto: | amas1236 |
| Glottorefname: | Ama (Sudan) |
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.[1] Blench lists the Mandal dialect separately.
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal/ Retroflex | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Trill | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Close-mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open-mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |