Bongo–Bagirmi languages

Bongo–Bagirmi
Geographic
distribution
CAR, Chad, South Sudan
Linguistic classification

Nilo-Saharan?

Subdivisions
Glottolog sara1341[1]

The Bongo–Bagirmi or Sara–Bongo–Bagirmi languages are the major branch of the Central Sudanic language family with about forty languages. Principal groups include Bagirmi languages such as Naba and the Sara languages.

Languages

The Bongo–Bagirmi languages are for the most part poorly studied, and there is little agreement and to their internal classification. The table below is taken from Lionel Bender, as summarized in Blench (2000).

Notes

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sara–Bongo–Bagirmi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

References

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