Definition of Kordofanian

1. Noun. A group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan.


Definition of Kordofanian

1. Adjective. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a geographic grouping of three to five language families spoken in the Nuba hills of Kordofan Province, Sudan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kordofanian

Koories
Koorilian
Koorilians
Kooris
Kop
Koplik's spots
Kops
Koran
Koranic
Korans
Korat
Korbut
Korchnoi
Korda
Kordofan
Kordofanian (current term)
Kore
Korea
Korea Bay
Korea Strait
Korean
Korean English
Korean Peninsula
Korean Sign Language
Korean Strait
Korean War
Korean haemorrhagic fever
Korean lespedeza

Literary usage of Kordofanian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representations of Violence: Art about the Sierra Leone Civil War by Patrick K. Muana, Chris Corcoran, Russell D. Feingold (2005)
"This family is divided into two groups: the Niger-Congo branch and the Kordofanian branch. The Niger-Congo branch sub-divides into two other groups, ..."

2. Afrika und Übersee by Carl Meinhof (1845)
"As Thilo Schadeberg points out in his Preface, Greenberg's (1966) classification placed the Kordofanian group of languages in a prominent position as one of ..."

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