Niger-Kordofanian languages
- Niger-Kordofanian languages
Infobox Language family
name=Niger-Kordofian
region=Sub-Saharan Africa, Kurdufan
family=proposed super-family
speakers=
familycolor=Niger-Congo
child1=Niger-Congo
child2=Kordofanian
iso2=nicThe Niger-Kordofanian language family was proposed by Joseph Greenberg in his 1963 book "Languages of Africa", originally under the name 'Congo-Kordofanian'. It was the consequence of the addition of Kordofanian as a branch coordinate to the previously established Niger-Congo family. However, the Kordofanian languages have not been demonstrated to be more distantly related than other branches of Niger-Congo, and recent classifications have placed them within that family.
References
* Joseph Greenberg, "The Languages of Africa". Indiana Univ. Press (1966).
* John Bendor-Samuel, "The Niger-Congo Languages — A classification and description of Africa's largest language family", University Press of America (1989).
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