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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Niger-Kordofanian is described as a language family with two unequal branches: Niger-Congo and Kordofanian. Niger-Congo covers much of West Africa and parts of the central and eastern Sudan, while Bantu occupies extensive areas of central, eastern, and southern Africa. Kordofanian is confined to the Kordofan region of Sudan and contains several highly differentiated groups.
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Niger-Kordofanian is presented as a large African language family divided into Niger-Congo and Kordofanian. The two branches differ sharply in geographical reach and number of speakers. Niger-Congo extends across a substantial part of sub-Saharan Africa, whereas Kordofanian is restricted to a comparatively small region in Sudan.
Niger-Congo includes Mande and five further branches: West Atlantic, Gur, Kwa, Benue-Congo, and Adamawa-Eastern. The excerpt emphasizes the extensive distribution of Niger-Congo, encompassing almost all of West Africa as well as areas of the central and eastern Sudan. Bantu is treated within the Benue-Congo and Bantoid framework in the classification discussed here, although this assignment is identified as controversial.
Kordofanian is associated with the Kordofan hills, where its languages occur alongside languages of the Nilo-Saharan stock. Five highly differentiated sub-groups are listed: Koalib, Tegali, Talodi, Katla, and Tumtum, also called Kadugli-Krongo. The Tumtum group is described as the most divergent of these subdivisions.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Niger-Kordofanian is described as a language family with two unequal branches: Niger-Congo and Kordofanian. Niger-Congo covers much of West Africa and parts of the central and eastern Sudan, while Bantu occupies extensive areas of central, eastern, and southern Africa. Kordofanian is confined to the Kordofan region of Sudan and contains several highly differentiated groups.
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Niger-Kordofanian is presented as a large African language family divided into Niger-Congo and Kordofanian. The two branches differ sharply in geographical reach and number of speakers. Niger-Congo extends across a substantial part of sub-Saharan Africa, whereas Kordofanian is restricted to a comparatively small region in Sudan.
Niger-Congo includes Mande and five further branches: West Atlantic, Gur, Kwa, Benue-Congo, and Adamawa-Eastern. The excerpt emphasizes the extensive distribution of Niger-Congo, encompassing almost all of West Africa as well as areas of the central and eastern Sudan. Bantu is treated within the Benue-Congo and Bantoid framework in the classification discussed here, although this assignment is identified as controversial.
Kordofanian is associated with the Kordofan hills, where its languages occur alongside languages of the Nilo-Saharan stock. Five highly differentiated sub-groups are listed: Koalib, Tegali, Talodi, Katla, and Tumtum, also called Kadugli-Krongo. The Tumtum group is described as the most divergent of these subdivisions.