Northern Eastern Sudanic languages
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursThe 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).
Internal classification
Rilly (2009:2) 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
- Western Nubian
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External relationships
Based on morphological evidence such as tripartite number marking on nominals, Roger Blench (2021) suggests that the Maban languages may be closely related.