Tima

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A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3
tms
Alternate Names
Domurik, Lomorik, Lomuriki, Tamanik, Yibwa
User Population

Ethnic population: 5,000 (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).

Location

South Kordofan state: Jebel Tima village, 15 km southwest of Katla, north of Lagawa.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Kordofanian, Katla
Language Use

Seriously endangered as a result of the encroaching role of Sudanese Arabic [apd] (Alamin 2012, Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Shifted to Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tima
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Though classified as a Kordofanian language (Greenberg 1963), Tima appears to constitute a linguistic isolate together with Katla [kcr] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).