Central Sudanic language
| Central Sudanic | |
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| Geographic distribution |
CAR, Chad, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Cameroon |
| Linguistic classification |
Nilo-Saharan?
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| Subdivisions | |
| ISO 639-5 | |
| Glottolog | cent2225 |
Central Sudanic languages in Africa
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Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC) and Cameroon. They include the pygmy languages Efé and Asoa.
Blench (2011) suggests that Central Sudanic influenced the development of the noun-class system characteristic of the Niger–Congo languages.
Half a dozen groups of Central Sudanic languages are generally accepted as valid. They are customarily divided into East and West branches; Starostin (2016) finds support for Eastern Central Sudanic (Lendu, Mangbetu, Lugbara, etc., concentrated in the northeast corner of DR Congo) but not for the western division, which would include Bongo–Bagirmi and Kresh scattered across Chad, the CAR, and South Sudan.
Mangbetu (2–3)
Mangbutu–Lese (5)
Lendu (2–3)
Moru–Madi (10)
Bongo–Bagirmi (40 languages)
Birri (1)
Kresh (2)
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