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Several '''Kordofanian languages''' are spoken in the [[Nuba]] hills of [[Kordofan]], in [[Sudan]]. They are usually grouped together with the [[Niger-Congo languages]]. The "Tumtum" or [[Kadu languages]] were formerly considered Kordofanian, but are now widely seen as [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]. They include [[Tagoi language|Tagoi]].
Several '''Kordofanian languages''' are spoken in the [[Nuba]] hills of [[Kordofan]], in [[Sudan]]. They are usually grouped together with the [[Niger-Congo languages]], forming the [[Niger-Kordofanian languages]]. The "Tumtum" or [[Kadu languages]] were formerly considered Kordofanian, but are now widely seen as [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]. They include [[Tagoi language|Tagoi]].


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Several Kordofanian languages are spoken in the Nuba hills of Kordofan, in Sudan. They are usually grouped together with the Niger-Congo languages, forming the Niger-Kordofanian languages. The "Tumtum" or Kadu languages were formerly considered Kordofanian, but are now widely seen as Nilo-Saharan. They include Tagoi.

Bibliography

  • Herman Bell. 1995. The Nuba Mountains: Who Spoke What in 1976?. Being a study of the published results from a major project of the Institute of African and Asian Studies: the Language Survey of the Nuba Mountains.
  • Roger Blench. Unpublished. Kordofanian and Niger-Congo: an evaluation of the evidence.
  • P. A. and D. N. MacDiarmid. 1931. "The languages of the Nuba Mountains." Sudan Notes and Records 14: 149-162.
  • Carl Meinhof. 1915-1919. "Sprachstudien im egyptischen Sudan". Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen 9-9. "1. Tagoy." 6: 164-161. "2. Tumale". 6:182-205. "11. Tegele." 7:110-131. "12. Rashad." 7:132.
  • Brenda Z. Seligmann. 1910-11. "Note on the language of the Nubas of Southern Kordofan." Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen 1:167-188.
  • Roland C. Stevenson. 1956-57. "A survey of the phonetics and grammatical structure of the Nuba Mountains languages, with particular reference to Otoro, Katcha, and Nyimang." Afrika und Übersee 40:73-84, 93-115; 41:27-65, 117-152, 171-196.
  • A. N. Tucker and M. A. Bryan. 1956. The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. (Handbook of African Languages, Part III.) Oxford University Press: London.
  • A. N. Tucker and M. A. Bryan. 1966. Linguistic Analyses/The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. (Handbook of African Languages.) Oxford University Press: London.
  • Lorenz Tutschek. 1848. "Über die Tumale-Sprache." Gelehrte Anzeigen, herausgegeben von Mitgliedern der k. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nrs. 91-93; Spalten 729-52. (=Bulletin der königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nrs. 29-31.)
  • Lorenz Tutschek. 1848-50. "On the Tumali language". Proceedings of the Philological Society for 1846-47 and 1847-48. Vol 3:239-54. Proceedings of the Philological Society for 1848-49 and 1849-50. Vol. 4:138-9.

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