Sinyar language
| Sinyar | |
|---|---|
| Shemya | |
| Native to | Chad |
| Ethnicity | Sinyar |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
sys |
| Glottolog |
siny1243[2] |
Shemya is the language of the Sinyar people. It is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Chad and formerly in Darfur, Sudan. It is variously spelled Shamya, Shamyan, Shemya, Sinya, and known as Symiarta, Taar Shamyan, Zimirra.
References
- ↑ Sinyar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sinyar". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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