Editing Amdang language (section)

{{Short description|Nilo-Saharan language of Chad and Sudan}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Amdang
| nativename       = {{lang|amj|sìmí amdangtí}}
| states           = [[Chad]], [[Sudan]]
| region           = [[Biltine Department|Biltine]], [[Wadi Fira Region|Wadi Fira]]
| ethnicity        = [[Amdang people|Amdang]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|166,000|2}}
| date             = 2024
| ref              = e27
| familycolor      = Nilo-Saharan
| fam2             = [[Fur languages|Fur]]
| iso3             = amj
| map              = Amdang_map.png
| mapcaption       = Language map of Amdang (in grey)
| glotto           = amda1238
| glottorefname    = Amdang
}}

'''Amdang''' (also '''Biltine'''; autonym: ''sìmí amdangtí'') is a language closely related to [[Fur language|Fur]], which together constitute a branch of the [[Nilo-Saharan language family]].  It is mainly spoken in [[Chad]], north of the town of [[Biltine, Chad|Biltine]], and sporadically elsewhere in [[Ouaddaï Region]]. There are also small colonies of speakers in [[Darfur]] near Woda'a and Fafa, and in [[Kordofan]] in the Abu Daza district and at Magrur north of Bara. Most of the ethnic group now speaks [[Arabic]].<ref name=e27/>

The language is also called Mimi, Mima or Biltine; the name "Mimi", however, is also applied to two extinct languages of the area; [[Mimi of Nachtigal]] and [[Mimi of Decorse]].

Wolf (2010)<ref>Wolf, Katharina. 2010. ''[https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/9036 Une enquête sociolinguistique parmi les Amdang (Mimi) du Tchad: Rapport Technique]''. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2010-028</ref> provides lexical data for the Kouchane, Sounta, Yaouada, and Tere dialects of Amdang.