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Central Sudanic is a grouping of about thirty languages of the Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharan languages

The Nilo-Saharan languages are a hypothetical group of African languages spoken mainly in the upper parts of the Chari River and Nile rivers , including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of Nile meet....
 language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
, Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
, Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
, Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
, and Congo (DRC)
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
. They include the Pygmy
Pygmy

A pygmy is a member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 150 cm in average height or less than 155 cm. A member of a slightly taller group is termed pygmoid....
 languages Efé
EFE

EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Ram?n Serrano S??er and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray while the former was Spain's minister of the press and propaganda....
 and Asoa.

t six groups of Central Sudanic languages are generally accepted as valid, but their interrelationships are not clear. They are customarily divided into East and West branches.






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Central Sudanic is a grouping of about thirty languages of the Nilo-Saharan
Nilo-Saharan languages

The Nilo-Saharan languages are a hypothetical group of African languages spoken mainly in the upper parts of the Chari River and Nile rivers , including historic Nubia, north of where the two tributaries of Nile meet....
 language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west....
, Chad
Chad

Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west....
, Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
, Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
, and Congo (DRC)
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
. They include the Pygmy
Pygmy

A pygmy is a member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 150 cm in average height or less than 155 cm. A member of a slightly taller group is termed pygmoid....
 languages Efé
EFE

EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Ram?n Serrano S??er and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray while the former was Spain's minister of the press and propaganda....
 and Asoa.

Classification

About six groups of Central Sudanic languages are generally accepted as valid, but their interrelationships are not clear. They are customarily divided into East and West branches. Eastern Central Sudanic languages (not to be confused with Eastern Sudanic languages
Eastern Sudanic languages

The Eastern Sudanic languages form a family of languages spoken from Northern Sudan to northern Tanzania, usually considered a subfamily of Nilo-Saharan languages, following Joseph Greenberg....
) include such languages as Lendu, Mangbetu, and Lugbara
Lugbara language

Lugbara language is the language of the Lugbara ethnic group. It is spoken in the West Nile sub-region region in northwestern Uganda, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Province....
. The western division includes the Bongo-Bagirmi languages
Bongo-Bagirmi languages

The Bongo-Bagirmi languages are the major branch of the Central Sudanic languages. Principal groups include the Bagirmi language and the Sara languages....
 and the Kresh languages.

See also

  • Pygmies