Astaboran languages

Astaboran languages
Astaboran
Northern Eastern Sudanic
Geographic
distribution:		 Sudan, Eritrea, Chad, Nubia
Linguistic classification: Nilo-Saharan?
Subdivisions:
? Meroitic (extinct)

The Astaboran (per Ehret), Northern Eastern Sudanic, or Eastern k Sudanic languages form one of two primary divisions of the Eastern Sudanic languages. They are characterized by having a /k/ in the pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the Kir–Abbaian (Southern) languages, which have an /n/.

The most famous Astaboran language is Nubian. Assuming it's Nilo-Saharan, the ancient Meroitic language appears on limited evidence to be closest to languages of this group, such as Nyima and Nubian.

References

  • M. L. Bender, 2000. "Nilo-Saharan". In Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse, eds., African Languages: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.
  • Christopher Ehret, 2001. A historical-comparative reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan. Köln: Rudiger Köppe.



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