Tima people

For settlement in Bhutan, see Tima, Bhutan.

The Tima are an ethnic group of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan. They number several thousands.

Language

The Tima people speak Tima, which is in the Kordofanian languages group (of the Nuba Mountains), in the major Niger-Congo language family.

See also

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