Kordofanian languages

Kordofanian
Kordofanian
(geographic)
Ethnicity	Nuba
Geographic; distribution	Nuba Mountains of Sudan
Native speakers	250,000–500,000
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Kordofanian;
Subdivisions	Kadu (in Nilo-Saharan); Katla–Rashad (outer Niger–Congo); Talodi–Heiban (in Atlantic–Congo);
ISO 639-5	kdo
Glottolog	None

The Kordofanian languages are a geographic grouping of five language groups spoken in the Nuba Mountains of the South Kordofan region of Sudan: Talodi–Heiban languages, Lafofa languages, Rashad languages, Katla languages and Kadu languages. The first four groups are sometimes regarded as branches of the hypothetical Niger–Congo family, whereas Kadu is now widely seen as a branch of the proposed Nilo-Saharan family.

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