The Kunama languages are a family of languages traditionally considered dialects of a single language, spoken in western Eritrea and just across the border in Ethiopia. They are classified as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family, and comprise Kunama proper and Ilit.
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Disputed
Proto-Language StatusKunama's placement beyond its own small family is unresolved: it is provisionally included within the proposed Nilo-Saharan phylum but is only distantly related to the other languages there, if related at all. 2 Compare
Number of Languages RegionGash-Barka Region of western Eritrea, extending across the border into Ethiopia 2 In the Other Atlases
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1. Glottolog: Kunama (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: level and categoryQuote, Languoid record: level and category
"level": "language", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Spoken L1 Language"
2. Wikipedia: Kunama language
WikipediaIntroduction, first sentence
The Kunama language is spoken by the Kunama people of the Gash-Barka Region in western Eritrea and just across the Ethiopian border.
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It is a member of the Kunama language family, which is included as part of the proposed wider Nilo-Saharan language family, though it is distantly related to the other languages, if at all.
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