Central Sudanic languages

E50218
branch of Nilo-Saharan languages language family

Central Sudanic languages are a major branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family, spoken primarily in central Africa across countries such as South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Saharan languages 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
classificationStatus controversial ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
estimatedSpeakers several million ⓘ
glottologCode cent2220 ⓘ
hasPart Avokaya language ⓘ
Bagirmi language ⓘ
Baka (Central Sudanic) language ⓘ
Bongo language ⓘ
Bongo–Bagirmi languages ⓘ
East Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
Fer language ⓘ
Kaba language ⓘ
Keliko language ⓘ
Kenga language ⓘ
Kresh languages ⓘ
Lendu language ⓘ
Lenduic languages ⓘ
Logo language ⓘ
Lugbara language ⓘ
Madi language ⓘ
Mangbetu language ⓘ
Moru–Madi languages ⓘ
surface form: Mangbetu languages

Moru language ⓘ
Moru–Madi languages ⓘ
Nduga language ⓘ
Ngbaka language ⓘ
Ubangian languages ⓘ
surface form: Ngbaka languages

Sara language ⓘ
Sara languages ⓘ
Sinyar language ⓘ
West Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
Yulu language ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
languageFamilyColor Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
partOf proposed Nilo-Saharan language family ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
Northeast Africa ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Africa
spokenIn Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
studiedBy linguist Christopher Ehret ⓘ
linguist Lionel Bender ⓘ
subclassOf Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → hasSubfamily → Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saharan languages
Nilo-Saharian phylum → hasSubfamily → Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Nilo-Saharian → hasSubgroup → Central Sudanic languages ⓘ