Dair (also Dabab, Daier, Thaminyi) is a moribund Hill Nubian language spoken in the northern Nuba Mountains in the south of Sudan. It was spoken by around 1,000 people in 1978 in the Jibaal as-Sitta hills, between Dilling and Delami.[1]
| Dair | |
|---|---|
| Thaminyi | |
| Native to | Sudan |
| Region | Nuba Mountains |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1978)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | drb |
| Glottolog | dair1239 |
| ELP | Dair |
 Dair is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
According to a wordlist by German explorer Werner Munzinger, in his 1864 book Ostafrikanische Studien (East African Studies), the Dair language was called Kuliniri by the local people at that time.[2]
