See Also: Kordofanian languages(encyclopedia)
Gur languages(encyclopedia)
Tai languages(encyclopedia)
Kwa languages(encyclopedia)
Kru languages(encyclopedia)
Munda languages(encyclopedia)
Mongolian languages(encyclopedia)
Mon-Khmer languages(encyclopedia)
Maya languages(encyclopedia)
Uralic languages(encyclopedia)

Kordofanian languages (sh)




Branch of the Niger-Congo language family.

It is geographically separated from the rest of the Niger-Congo languages and is believed to represent the oldest layer of languages in the region. The Kordofanian branch consists of some 20 languages spoken by 250,000 to 500,000 people, mainly in the Nuba Hills of central Sudan.