Shwai (Shuway) is a Niger–Congo language in the Heiban family spoken in Kordofan, Sudan. It is also called Ludumor. Dialects are Shabun, Cerumba (Shirumba), Ndano.
| Shwai | |
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| Shirumba | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Nuba Hills |
| Ethnicity | Shwai |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 1989)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | shw |
| Glottolog | shwa1239 |
| ELP | Shwai |
Shwai is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Languages of Sudan | |||||||
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Kordofanian languages (geographic) | |||||||
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| Talodi–Heiban |
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| Katla-Rashad |
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| Kadu |
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| Lafofa | |||||||
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