Northern Eastern Sudanic languages
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The Northern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern k Sudanic, Ek Sudanic, NNT or Astaboran languages may form a primary division of the proposed Eastern Sudanic family. They are characterised by having a /k/ in the first person singular pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the Southern Eastern Sudanic languages, which have an /n/. Nyima has yet to be conclusively linked to the other languages, and would appear to be the closest relative of Ek Sudanic rather than Ek Sudanic proper.
The 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).[1]
Internal classification
Rilly (2009:2)[2] provides the following internal structure for the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages.
- Northern East Sudanic
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.[3]
See also
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- List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
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- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2021. The Maban languages and their place within Nilo-Saharan.
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