Dair language
Moribund Nubian language of Sudan
Dair | |
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Thaminyi | |
Native to | Sudan |
Region | Nuba Mountains |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1978)[1] |
Language family | Nilo-Saharan?
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ISO 639-3 | drb |
Glottolog | dair1239 |
ELP | Dair |
![]() Dair is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Dair (also Dabab, Daier, Thaminyi) is a moribund Hill Nubian language spoken in the northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It was spoken by around 1,000 people in 1978 in the Jibaal as-Sitta hills, between Dilling and Delami.[1]
According to a wordlist by German explorer Werner Munzinger, in his 1864 book Ostafrikanische Studien (East African Studies), the Dair language was called Kuliniri by the local people at that time.[2]
References
- ^ a b Dair at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ [1] Nubasprache (Nuba Language)
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Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
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