Nilo-Saharan languages Nilo-Saharan languages The Berta language is spoken in Sudan and Ethiopia, and is generally classified as a branch of Nilo-Saharan. It has the typical word order Subject Verb Object. It is a tonal language. It has significantly influenced some of the Eastern Jebel languages. The Arabic name " Beni-Shangul" (as in the Ethiopian province of Benishangul-Gumaz) derives from a Berta expression (with bele "mountain" misanalyzed as Arabic beni "sons".) ...more on Wikipedia about "Berta language"
Central Sudanic is a grouping of about thirty languages of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, and Congo (DRC). ...more on Wikipedia about "Central Sudanic languages"
Chari-Nile is a now obsolete name for a subset of the language family now called Nilo-Saharan. The name was introduced by Joseph Greenberg in his 1955 Studies in African linguistic classification. It derives from the fact that the languages in this subfamily were spoken in the watersheds of the Chari (main tributary of Lake Chad) and Nile rivers, or in the area between them. It was believed to unite four subfamilies: ...more on Wikipedia about "Chari-Nile languages"
Dhopadhola is the language of the Jopadhola (aka Badama) ethnic group in Uganda. Dhopadhola is mutually intelligible (more or less) with Acholi language, Lango language, Kumam language and Alur language of Uganda and Dholuo language of Kenya. The prefix dho means "language of". It can be attached to a nationality or speech community to imply the language of such a people. jo means "people of". The infix pa means possessive 'of'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dhopadhola"
(Dinka language) *Northeastern (Padang) (Dialects: Abiliang, Dongjol, Luac, Ngok-Sobat, Ageer, Rut, Thoi) ...more on Wikipedia about "Dinka language"
Kadu Languages are a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan languages and are divided in three subgroups: ...more on Wikipedia about "Kadu languages"
The Maban languages are a group of Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Sudan. This group includes the following languages: ...more on Wikipedia about "Maban languages"
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The Nilo-Saharan languages are a group of African languages spoken mainly in the upper parts of the Chari and Nile rivers, including Nubia. Roughly 11 million people spoke Nilo-Saharan languages as of 1987, according to Merritt Ruhlen's estimate. The family is internally extremely diverse - far more so than Indo-European, or even Niger-Congo - and is rather controversial; few historical linguists have attempted work on the family as a whole, and several have denied its validity. Particularly controversial is the inclusion of Songhay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nilo-Saharan languages"
The Nilotic languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken across a wide area between southern Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples, particularly associated with cattle-herding. They are divided into three subgroups: ...more on Wikipedia about "Nilotic languages"
Shabo (also called Mikeyir) is an endangered language spoken by about 600 hunter-gatherers in southwestern Ethiopia, in the south-central portion of the former Illubabor province. They live in three places in the Mocha district: Anderaccha, Gecch'a, and Kaabo. Many of its speakers are shifting to other neighboring languages, in particular Majang and Shakicho (Mocha); its vocabulary is heavily influenced by loanwords from both these languages, particularly Majang, as well as Amharic. Its classification is uncertain; it may be Nilo-Saharan (Anbessa & Unseth 1989, Fleming 1991), or may be a language isolate ( Ehret 1995). It was first reported to be a separate language by Lionel Bender in 1977, using a wordlist gathered by the missionary Harvey Hoekstra. It is currently ( as of 2004) being studied by Daniel Aberra of Addis Ababa University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shabo language"
In early twentieth century classification of African languages, Sudanic languages was a generic term for African languages spoken in the Sahel belt from Ethiopia in the east to Senegal in the west. The grouping was based on geographic and loose typological grounds, and included many languages now classified as Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo. One of its proponents was the German linguist Carl Meinhof. Meinhof had been working on the Bantu languages, which have a elaborate noun class system, and he labeled all languages that lacked such a noun class system Sudansprachen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sudanic languages"
Surmic Languages are a subgroup of the Nilo-Saharan languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Surmic languages"
Tebu is a language of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Tebu is predominantly spoken in Chad, with two main dialects, Tedaga and Dazaga. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tebu language"
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