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In most classifications, the Eastern Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are spoken from southern Egypt to northern Tanzania.
There were two main branches; Eastern Sudanic was largely equivalent to Nilo-Saharan sans Nilotic, and Western Sudanic to Niger–Congo sans Bantu. Background [ edit ] The Sudanic languages corresponded largely to Nilo-Saharan and Niger–Congo A on this map.
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Glottolog. None. The Northern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern k Sudanic, Ek Sudanic, NNT or Astaboran languages may form a primary division of the proposed Eastern Sudanic family. They are characterised by having a / k / in the first person singular pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the Southern Eastern Sudanic languages, which have an / n /.
Eastern Sudanic languages, a group of languages representing the most diverse of the major divisions within the Nilo-Saharan language family. These languages are spoken from southern Egypt in the north to Tanzania in the south and from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the east to Chad in the west.
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In most classifications, the Eastern Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are spoken from southern Egypt to northern Tanzania.
Abstract. Eastern Sudanic, the largest Nilo-Saharan subgroup in terms of number of languages, is spread over a vast area from Chad towards Eritrea and southwards towards central Tanzania. In spite of considerable phonological variation (for example concerning vowel harmony) and morphosyntactic typological variation (for example concerning the ...
Article History. Related Topics: Eastern Sudanic languages. Daju languages, group of related languages scattered across the Nuba Hills of southern Sudan (including Lagowa, Liguri, and Shatt), western Sudan (including Bego, Geneina, Daju of Darfur [also called Nyala], and Nyalgulgule), and eastern Chad (including Dar Sila and Dar Daju).
