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Northern Eastern Sudanic
Northern Eastern Sudanic
Astaboran
(undemonstrated)
Geographic; distribution	Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Chad
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Northern Eastern Sudanic; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Northern Eastern Sudanic
Subdivisions	Nubian; Nara; Taman; Nyima; Meroitic? †;
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Glottolog	None

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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
- Nyima: Nyimang, Afitti
- Taman: Tama, Mararit
- Nara-Nubian
  - Nara
  - Meroitic-Nubian
    - Meroitic
    - Nubian
      - Western Nubian
        Birgid
        
        Midob, Kordofan Nubian
      - Nile Nubian
        Old Dongolawi, Kenuzi, Dongolawi
        
        Old Nubian, Nobiin

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]

References

^ Rilly, Claude (2010). Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique (in French). Leuven: Peeters Publishers. pp. 347–349. ISBN 978-9042922372.
^ Rilly, Claude (June 4–7, 2009). From the Yellow Nile to the Blue Nile: The quest for water and the diffusion of Northern East Sudanic languages from the fourth to the first millennia BCE. ECAS 2009 (3rd European Conference on African Studies). Leipzig.{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Blench, Roger. 2021. The Maban languages and their place within Nilo-Saharan.

Bender, M. L. (2000). "Nilo-Saharan". In Heine, Bernd; Nurse, Derek (eds.). African Languages: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.
Starostin, George (2015). "The Eastern Sudanic hypothesis tested through lexicostatistics: current state of affairs". Draft 1.0.
Starostin, George (2015). Jazyki Afriki. Opyt postrojenija leksikostatističeskoj klassifikacii. Tom II. Vostočnosudanskije jazyki Языки Африки. Опыт построения лексикостатистической классификации. Том II. Восточносуданские языки [The Languages of Africa. The experience of building a lexiostatistical classification.] (in Russian). Vol. II: The Eastern Sudanic Languages. Moscow: Languages of Slavic culture. ISBN 9785457890718.

[1] Rilly, Claude (2010). Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique (in French). Leuven: Peeters Publishers. pp. 347–349. ISBN 978-9042922372.

[2] Rilly, Claude (June 4–7, 2009). From the Yellow Nile to the Blue Nile: The quest for water and the diffusion of Northern East Sudanic languages from the fourth to the first millennia BCE. ECAS 2009 (3rd European Conference on African Studies). Leipzig.{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[Blench-3] Blench, Roger. 2021. The Maban languages and their place within Nilo-Saharan.

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+{{Short description|Language family}}
 {{Infobox language family
 |name=Northern Eastern Sudanic
 |altname=Astaboran
+|acceptance=undemonstrated
-|region=[[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Egypt]] [[Chad]], [[Nubia]]
+|region=[[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Egypt]], [[Chad]]
 |familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
 |fam2=[[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic]]
 |child2=''[[Nara language|Nara]]''
-|child4=? [[Nyima languages|Nyima]]
+|child4=[[Nyima languages|Nyima]]
 |child3=[[Taman languages|Taman]]
 |child1=[[Nubian languages|Nubian]]
+|child5=[[Meroitic language|Meroitic]]? {{extinct}}
+|protoname=[[Wiktionary:Appendix: Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions|Proto-Northern Eastern Sudanic]]
 |glotto=none
 }}
-The '''Northern Eastern Sudanic''', '''Eastern ''k'' Sudanic''', '''''Ek'' Sudanic''', '''NNT''' or '''Astaboran''' languages may form a primary division of the yet-to-be-demonstrated [[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic family]]. They are characterised by having a /[[velar consonant|k]]/ in the first person singular pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the [[Southern Eastern Sudanic languages|Southern Eastern Sudanic]] languages, which have an /[[alveolar nasal|n]]/. [[Nyima languages|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 '''Northern Eastern Sudanic''', '''Eastern ''k'' Sudanic''', '''''Ek'' Sudanic''', '''NNT''' or '''Astaboran''' languages may form a primary division of the proposed [[Eastern Sudanic languages|Eastern Sudanic family]]. They are characterised by having a /[[velar consonant|k]]/ in the first person singular pronoun "I/me", as opposed to the [[Southern Eastern Sudanic languages|Southern Eastern Sudanic]] languages, which have an /[[alveolar nasal|n]]/. [[Nyima languages|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 [[Old Nubian language|Nubian]]. According to [[Claude Rilly]], the ancient [[Meroitic language]] appears on limited evidence to be closest to languages of this group.
+The most well-known language of this group is [[Old Nubian language|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: 347-349).<ref>Rilly, Claude. 2010. ''Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique''. Leuven: Peeters Publishers. {{ISBN|978-9042922372}}</ref>
+A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Eastern Sudanic has also been proposed by Rilly (2010).<ref>{{cite book |last=Rilly |first=Claude |year=2010 |title=Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique |language=fr |location=Leuven |publisher=Peeters Publishers |isbn=978-9042922372 |pages=347–349}}</ref>
 ==Internal classification==
-Rilly (2009:2)<ref>Rilly, Claude. 2009. ''From the Yellow Nile to the Blue Nile: The quest for water and the diffusion of Northern East Sudanic languages from the fourth to the first millenia BCE''. Paper presented at ECAS 2009 (3rd European Conference on African Studies, Panel 142: African waters - water in Africa, barriers, paths, and resources: their impact on language, literature and history of people) in Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009.</ref> provides the following internal structure for the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages.
+Rilly (2009:2)<ref>{{cite conference |last=Rilly |first=Claude |year=2009 |title=From the Yellow Nile to the Blue Nile: The quest for water and the diffusion of Northern East Sudanic languages from the fourth to the first millennia BCE |conference=ECAS 2009 (3rd European Conference on African Studies) |location=Leipzig |date=June 4–7, 2009}}</ref> provides the following internal structure for the Northern Eastern Sudanic languages.
-;Northern East Sudanic
-*[[Nyima languages|Nyima]]: Nyimang, Afitti
-*[[Taman languages|Taman]]: Tama, Mararit
-*Nara-Nubian
-**[[Nara language|Nara]]
-**Meroitic-Nubian
-***[[Meroitic language|Meroitic]]
-***[[Nubian languages|Nubian]]
-****Western Nubian
-*****Birgid
-*****Midob, Kordofan Nubian
-****Nile Nubian
-*****Old Dongolawi, Kenuzi, Dongolawi
-*****Old Nubian, Nobiin
+{{tree list}}
-==References==
+*'''Northern East Sudanic'''
-* M. L. Bender, 2000. "Nilo-Saharan". In ''African Languages: An Introduction'', edited by Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse. Cambridge University Press.
+**[[Nyima languages|Nyima]]: Nyimang, Afitti
-*George Starostin (2015) [https://www.academia.edu/10615385/The_Eastern_Sudanic_hypothesis_tested_through_lexicostatistics_current_state_of_affairs The Eastern Sudanic hypothesis tested through lexicostatistics: current state of affairs] (Draft 1.0)
+**[[Taman languages|Taman]]: Tama, Mararit
-*{{cite book|last=Starostin|first=George|date=2015|title=Языки Африки. Опыт построения лексикостатистической классификации. Том II. Восточносуданские языки|trans-title=The Languages of Africa. The experience of building a lexiostatistical classification.|volume=II: The Eastern Sudanic Languages|language=Russian|location=Moscow|publisher=Languages of Slavic culture|isbn=9785457890718}}
+**Nara-Nubian
+***[[Nara language|Nara]]
+***Meroitic-Nubian
+****[[Meroitic language|Meroitic]]
+****[[Nubian languages|Nubian]]
+*****Western Nubian
+******Birgid
+******Midob, Kordofan Nubian
+*****Nile Nubian
+******Old Dongolawi, Kenuzi, Dongolawi
+******Old Nubian, Nobiin
+{{tree list/end}}
+==External relationships==
-{{Eastern Sudanic languages}}
+Based on morphological evidence such as tripartite number marking on nominals, [[Roger Blench]] (2021) suggests that the [[Maban languages]] may be closely related.<ref name="Blench">Blench, Roger. 2021. ''[https://www.academia.edu/44876227/The_Maban_languages_and_their_place_within_Nilo_Saharan The Maban languages and their place within Nilo-Saharan]''.</ref>
+==See also==
 {{portal|Linguistics|Languages}}
+*[[Wiktionary:Appendix:List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions|List of Northern Eastern Sudanic reconstructions]] (Wiktionary)
+==References==
-{{ns-lang-stub}}
+{{Reflist}}
+* {{Cite book |last=Bender |first=M. L. |title=African Languages: An Introduction |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2000 |editor-last=Heine |editor-first=Bernd |chapter=Nilo-Saharan |editor-last2=Nurse |editor-first2=Derek}}
+* {{Cite web |last=Starostin |first=George |year=2015 |title=The Eastern Sudanic hypothesis tested through lexicostatistics: current state of affairs |url=https://www.academia.edu/10615385 |version=Draft 1.0}}
+*{{Cite book |last=Starostin |first=George |title=Jazyki Afriki. Opyt postrojenija leksikostatističeskoj klassifikacii. Tom II. Vostočnosudanskije jazyki |date=2015 |publisher=Languages of Slavic culture |isbn=9785457890718 |volume=II: The Eastern Sudanic Languages |location=Moscow |language=Russian |script-title=ru:Языки Африки. Опыт построения лексикостатистической классификации. Том II. Восточносуданские языки |trans-title=The Languages of Africa. The experience of building a lexiostatistical classification.}}
+{{Eastern Sudanic languages}}
+[[Category:Northern Eastern Sudanic languages| ]]
 [[Category:Eastern Sudanic languages]]
 [[Category:Proposed language families]]
-[[Category:Northern Eastern Sudanic languages| ]]