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Amdang language

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Native to
  
Ethnicity
  
Amdang people

ISO 639-3
  
amj

Region
  
Wadi Fira

Native speakers
  
41,000 (2000)

Amdang language

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan?FurAmdang

Amdang AKA Biltine (autonym: sìmí amdangtí) is a language closely related to Fur, which together constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family. It is mainly spoken in Chad north of Biltine, and sporadically elsewhere in Ouaddaï. There are also small colonies of speakers in Darfur near Woda'a and Fafa, and in Kordofan in the Abu Daza district and at Magrur north of Bara. Most of the ethnic group now speaks Arabic.

The language is also called Mimi, Mima, or Biltine; the name "Mimi", however, is also applied to two extinct Maban languages of the area, Mimi of Nachtigal and Mimi of Decorse.

References

Amdang language Wikipedia