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Sinyar language

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Native to
  
Chad

Native speakers
  
12,000 (2000)

Glottolog
  
siny1243

Ethnicity
  
Sinyar

ISO 639-3
  
sys

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Sinyar

Shemya is the language of the Sinyar people. It is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Chad and formerly in Darfur, Sudan. It is variously spelled Shamya, Shamyan, Shemya, Sinya, and known as Symiarta, Taar Shamyan, Zimirra.

References

Sinyar language Wikipedia