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Nyala language (Sudan)

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Native to
  
Sudan

Native speakers
  
(80,000 cited 1983)

ISO 639-3
  
daj

Region
  
Daju Hills

Dialects
  
Nyala Lagowa

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Kir–Abbaian Daju Western Nyala

The Nyala language, also known as Dar Fur, Darfur Daju, Beke, Dagu, Daju Ferne, and Fininga, is an Eastern Sudanic language of Darfur, Sudan, one of three closely related languages in the area called "Daju" (the other two being the Daju Mongo language and the Sila language). It is spoken near Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province by the Dar Fur Daju people. There are two divergent dialects, Nyala and Lagowa.

References

Nyala language (Sudan) Wikipedia