Northern Eastern Sudanic languages

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Northern Eastern Sudanic
Astaboran
(undemonstrated)
Geographic
distribution		Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Chad
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
Proto-languageProto-Northern Eastern Sudanic
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone
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File:Eastern Sudanic Languages.png
Eastern Sudanic languages: Group k (Northern Eastern Sudanic languages) (orange) Group n (Southern Eastern Sudanic languages) (yellow)

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/. Nyima has yet to be conclusively linked to the other languages, and would appear to be the closest relative of Ek Sudanic rather than Ek Sudanic proper.

The most well-known language of this group is Nubian. According to Claude Rilly, the ancient Meroitic language appears on limited evidence to be closely related to the languages of this group.

A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Eastern Sudanic has also been proposed by Rilly (2010).[1]

Internal classification

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Rilly (2009:2)[2] provides the following internal structure for the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages.

  • Northern East Sudanic
    • Nyima: Nyimang, Afitti
    • Taman: Tama, Mararit
    • Nara-Nubian
      • Nara
      • Meroitic-Nubian
        • Meroitic
        • Nubian
          • Western Nubian
            • Birgid
            • Midob, Kordofan Nubian
          • Nile Nubian
            • Old Dongolawi, Kenuzi, Dongolawi
            • Old Nubian, Nobiin

External relationships

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Based on morphological evidence such as tripartite number marking on nominals, Roger Blench (2021) suggests that the Maban languages may be closely related.[3]

See also

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References

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  3. ^ Blench, Roger. 2021. The Maban languages and their place within Nilo-Saharan.
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