Mimi language
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Mimi is a name applied to several distinct and not particularly closely related Nilo-Saharan languages
of the Wadai
area of Chad, most commonly Amdang
(Doornbos, van Bulck, Jungraithmayr) but also including two possibly Maban languages
: Mimi of Nachtigal
and Mimi of Decorse
.
Nilo-Saharan languages
The Nilo-Saharan languages are a proposed family of African languages spoken by some 50 million people, mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers , including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of Nile meet...
of the Wadai
Ouaddaï Region
Ouaddaï is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Abéché. It is composed by the former Ouaddaï Prefecture. Its main ethnic groups are the Arabs and the Maba. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture and breeding...
area of Chad, most commonly Amdang
Amdang language
Amdang Biltine is a language closely related to Fur spoken in Chad by about 5,000 people , while Ethnologue places the number in 2000 at 41,000. It is mainly spoken in Chad north of Biltine, and sporadically elsewhere in Ouaddaï...
(Doornbos, van Bulck, Jungraithmayr) but also including two possibly Maban languages
Maban languages
The Maban languages are a small family of languages which have also been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan family. Maban is spoken in Chad, the Central African Republic, Sudan , and South Sudan, and includes the following languages:...
: Mimi of Nachtigal
Mimi of Nachtigal
Mimi of Nachtigal, or Mimi-N, is a language of Chad that is attested only in a word list labelled "Mimi" that was collected ca. 1870 by Gustav Nachtigal. Greenberg classified it as a Maban language, though a distant one. Subsequent researchers have supported a remote relationship, though there is...
and Mimi of Decorse
Mimi of Decorse
Mimi of Decorse, also known as Mimi of Gaudefroy-Demombynes and Mimi-D, is a language of Chad that is attested only in a word list labelled "Mimi" that was collected ca. 1900 by G. J. Decorse and published by Gaudefroy-Demombynes. Joseph Greenberg classified it as a Maban language, like the rather...
.