Endangered Languages Project - Tima

Tima

^{[aka Lomorik, Lomuriki, Tamanik]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lomorik, Lomuriki, Tamanik, Yibwa, Domurik
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Katla-Tima
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tms
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Tima” . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and Abdel Rahim Mugaddam and Abeer Bashir and Suzan Alamin and Gertrud Schneider-Blum and Meikal Mumin (2006)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<5,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
5,000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Arabic, which has become the dominant lingua franca also in the Nuba Mountains, is encroaching upon Tima and other languages in various domains of social interaction between people. Above all, this is due to the fact that today Arabic is the only language playing a role in the educational as well as the administrative system of the country."

No estimate available
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Sudan;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,305
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,305
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

Ethnic population
5,000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "The Tima language is seriously endangered as a result of the encroaching role of Sudanese Arabic."

PLACES: Sudan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Nuba Mountains

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

11.6666666667, 29.25

COORDINATES

11.7033, 29.1934

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press