Central Sudanic languages

Central Sudanic
Central Sudanic
Geographic; distribution	CAR, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nigeria and Cameroon
Native speakers	ca. 15 million
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic;
Proto-language	Proto-Central Sudanic
Subdivisions	Bongo–Bagirmi; Mangbetu–Asoa; Mangbutu–Lese; Lendu; Moru–Madi; ? Birri–Kresh;
ISO 639-5	csu
Glottolog	cent2225
	Central Sudanic languages in Africa

Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nigeria and Cameroon. They include the pygmy languages Efé and Asoa.

Blench (2011) suggests that Central Sudanic influenced the development of the noun-class system characteristic of the Atlantic–Congo languages.

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