The Ajang languages, also known as (Hill-Nubians), are group of Nubian languages spoken in central Sudan in an area called Nuba-Mountains. The Ajang languages which their native speakers like to call their languages belongs to the Eastern Sudanic family, which is part of the Nilo-Saharan phylum
Additionally, one extinct language known only from a word list of 36 words, Haraza, is unclassified within Hill Nubian:
The following table lists most of the existing Ajang Languages:
| 1. Dair |
| 2. Tagle |
| 3. Kadaru |
| 4. Koldeji |
| 5. Dabatna |
| 6. Wuncu |
| 7. Daabri |
| 8. Kudur (Kushi) |
| 9. Dilleñ, (Warku) |
| 11. Karko |
| 12. Fenda |
| 13. Kujuria (Kunak) |
| 14. Wali |
| 15. Tabag |
| 16. Abu-Jinuk (iyilek) |
| 17. El-Hugeirat |
| 18. Subai |
| 19. Manel |
Samples of kinship words in some Ajang Languages:
| English | Kadoru Language | Unchuu Language | Karko Language |
| Mother | Enan | Eneng | en |
| Father | Awan | Agang | fag |
| sister | Intan eldu | Intang terdu | et-tind |
| Brother | Intan kurtu | Intang kurtu | et-kot |
| Daughter |
Tudandu tendu Onnitudandu tendu |
Tunu terdu | Et-tind |
| Son | Awan kurtu | Abang kurtu | tood, tond |
| Grandfather | Tijan/Enenintan intan kurtu | Thïjang | agat |
| Grandmother |
Anyan Enenitan |
Enennintang | am |
| Uncle (maternal) | Onuntu | Ogununto | tej |
| Aunt (maternal | Ondan | Anyang | enit |
Samples of simple sentences in some Ajang Languages:
| English Sentence | Kadaru Language | Unchuu Language | Karko Language |
| I eat the food | e kamegin kolde | ye kame kolrure | ee kam-gi kol |
| I drink water | e otugin dire | ye otig dhïïre | ee otti-g dir |
| I go to the market | e shugurnde shure | ye sugur shuure | e shuug-ri shur |
| I farm at the field | e katirnde fare/ dijigire | ye katu shurure | ee kat-ri tirir |
| I pastor the sheep | e ortuljn iide | ye örtïllï ïïre | ee shir-gi giir |
| I eat porridge (Asiida) | e kaljin koldre | ye kalli kolrure | ee kal-gi kol |
| We are the Ajang people | ari ajaŋirin/ ari ajingin | aï ajaŋnïndhö | aa ajŋanid |
| We are the Nubian people | ari nubani irin | aï nübanïndhö | aa nubninid |
*Notice: This information was provided by Dr. Ali Ibeid, Abdelbagi Deida, and Wakeel Jirban, from Ajnag Nubia.
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Ajang Workshop in Georgetown University
In its attempt to develop an orthography for Ajang languages using Old Nubian Scripts, NLS had organized a workshop for writing Ajang languages at Georgetown University, Department of Linguistics, in 2018. The workshop was conducted by Jumma Ibrahim, an NLS freelance linguist, and a native Ajnag-Tegle speaker, who prepared the training materials and administered the classes. The workshop was well attended by members of Ajang community from different languages groups and by some students from the department of linguistics at Georgetown University. The result of the workshop has encouraged NLS to move forward with its .
