The Eastern Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan; they are believed to have begun to diverge about 3,000 years ago, and have spread southwards from an original home in Equatoria in South Sudan. They are spoken across a large area in East Africa, ranging from Equatoria to the highlands of Tanzania. Their speakers are mostly cattle herders living in semi-arid or arid plains.
Facts
RegionSouthwestern Ethiopia, eastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania 2 Proto-Language StatusVossen (1982) provides a reconstruction of Proto-Eastern Nilotic. 2 Browse and compare
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Source Wikipedia: Eastern Nilotic LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
They are spoken across a large area in East Africa, ranging from Equatoria to the highlands of Tanzania.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Eastern Nilotic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 18
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Eastern Nilotic Languages
WikipediaInfobox, region field
southwestern Ethiopia, eastern South Sudan, northeastern Uganda, western Kenya, northern Tanzania
Classification section, first paragraph
Vossen (1982) also provides a reconstruction of Proto-Eastern Nilotic.
Article text
reconstruction of Proto-Eastern Nilotic
View the Source Wikidata: Eastern Nilotic languages
Wikidata Q153795, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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