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The Central Sudanic languages are a large, complex subgroup of Nilo-Saharan stretching between Nigeria, western Chad and Northeast DRC and Uganda, first identified by Joseph Greenberg (1963). Overviews of Nilo-Saharan have generally included Central
The Kunama language has been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, though it is distantly related to the other languages, if at all. Kunama is spoken by the Kunama people of the Gash-Barka Region in western Eritrea and just across the Ethiopian border. The language has several dialects including: Barka, Marda, Aimara, Odasa ...
What languages families are spoken in Africa? Afro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, Khoisan, Indo-European What are the 5 branches of the Afro-Asiatic family?
Gerrit Dimmendaal. Nilo-Saharan, a phylum spread mainly across an area south of the Afro-Asiatic and north of the Niger-Congo phylum, was established as a genetic grouping by Greenberg. In his earlier, continent-wide classification of African languages in articles published between 1949 and 1954, Greenberg had proposed a Macro-Sudanic family ...
Languages of Nigeria. There are over 525 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language and most widely spoken lingua franca is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria. Nigerian Pidgin – an English-based creole – is spoken by over 60 million people.
Feb 9, 2024 · The languages spoken in Ethiopia belong to four major language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Omotic, and Cushitic. Afroasiatic is the largest family, encompassing over 300 languages with prominent members like Amharic and Oromo. Nilo-Saharan contributes diverse languages like Nuer and Mursi, while Omotic and Cushitic stand as distinct ...
The autosomal DNA of Nilotic peoples has been examined in a study on the genetic clusters of various populations in Africa. According to the researchers, Nilotes generally form their own African genetic cluster, although relatively most closely related to other Nilo-Saharan populations, more distantly followed by Niger-Congo speakers. The ...
