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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Sudan > Shwai

Shwai

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3shw

Population  3,500 (1989).
Region  North, Kordofan Province, Nuba Mountains, Shwai Hills villages, northwest of Otoro near Heiban-Kadugli road.
Language map  Sudan, Enlarged Area, reference number 29
Alternate names   Ludumor, Shirumba, Shuway
Dialects  Shabun, Cerumba (Shirumba), Ndano.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Kordofanian, Heiban, West-Central, Shirumba
Language use  Also use Sudanese Arabic [apd].
Language development  Orthography and literacy materials developed.
Writing system  Latin script.