Miisiirii language

Miisiirii (also called Mileri or Jabal[2]) is a language of western Sudan, spoken by the Messiria of Jebel Mun (Jebel Moon) in Darfur, with a few speakers scattered in Chad.[2]

Miisiirii
Native toSudan
RegionWest Darfur
EthnicityMessiria
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3(counted as tma)
Glottologmiis1236[1]

Miisiirii belongs to the Taman language family. It is often considered a dialect of Tama, though it is not particularly close.

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Miisiirii". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Rilly, Claude. 2010. Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-9042922372


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