Temein languages

Temein
Nuba Hills
Geographic
distribution:
Nuba Mountains
Linguistic classification:

Nilo-Saharan?

Glottolog: teme1251[1]

The Temein or Nuba Hills languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken in Sudan.

Languages

The Temein languages are not closely related.

Temein is the most conservative language; Doni and Tese have been strongly influenced by Kadu languages.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Temein". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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