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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
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 ..."