Schwai
| Schwai (Shirumba) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Sudan | |
| speaker | 3500 (1989) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
shw |
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The language Schriumbakiot or also Ludumor , Schwai or Schuwai is an endangered Kordofan language spoken in Sudan .
It belongs to the language group of the Talodi-Heiban languages , which in turn belong to the Niger-Congo language family . The language only has 3,500 speakers in Sudan - and the trend is falling as the speakers increasingly switch to the Arabic language. However, the language uses the Latin alphabet .