Temein languages

Temein
Nuba Hills
Geographic
distribution		 Nuba Mountains
Linguistic classification Nilo-Saharan?
Glottolog teme1251[1]

The Temein languages, or Nuba Hills languages, are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken in the Nuba Mountains of 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. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Temein". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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